coincidere

to coincide

verb koh-een-CHEE-deh-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin coincidere, from co- + incidere (to fall upon).

Also means

to agree

Usage Note

Coincidere means both to coincide in time (le date coincidono — the dates coincide) and to agree or match (i dati non coincidono — the data do not match). It takes essere as auxiliary in compound tenses (le date sono coincise). It follows the second conjugation and is regular.

Examples

"Le nostre vacanze coincidono quest'anno."

Natural Translation

Our holidays coincide this year.

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