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cessare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to stop, to finish, to cease
  2. (intransitive) to abate, to die down, to subside
  3. (intransitive) to stop doing, to cease doing [with da (+ object or infinitive); or with di (+ infinitive)]
  4. (intransitive) to shut down, to fold (of a company)
  5. (euphemistic) to die, to pass away
  6. (transitive) to stop, to cease

Opposite of
continuare, proseguire
Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ces‧sà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃesˈsa.re/
Etymology

From Latin cessāre.

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