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preoccupare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin praeoccupāre.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /pre.ok.kuˈpa.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: pre‧oc‧cu‧pà‧re
    • (Romanesco) IPA(key): /prok.kuˈpa(re)/, [ˌpɾok.kuˈb̞ä]

    Verb

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    preoccupàre (first-person singular present preòccupo, first-person singular past historic preoccupài, past participle preoccupàto, auxiliary avére)

    1. (transitive) to worry, to trouble, to bother
      Antonym: rassicurare

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