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colonizzare

to colonize

verb koh-loh-neet-TSAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Colonizzare is a transitive verb conjugated with avere. It appears mostly in historical and political contexts: Le potenze europee colonizzarono l'Africa nel XIX secolo. The related noun is la colonizzazione.

Examples

"Gli europei colonizzarono molti territori."

Natural Translation

Europeans colonized many territories.

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