bandire

to ban, to banish

verb ban-DEE-reh Rare

Origin: Germanic bannan (to proclaim)

Also means

to announce, to call (a competition)

Usage Note

Bandire has two near-opposite senses: to expel or prohibit (bandire un prodotto) and to publicly announce or open (bandire un concorso — to advertise a competition). It is a third-conjugation (-ire) verb of the isc-inserting type: bandisco, bandisci. Uses avere as auxiliary.

Examples

"Il governo ha deciso di bandire i fuochi d'artificio."

Natural Translation

The government decided to ban fireworks.

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