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compiere

accomplish

verb KOHM-pyeh-reh Less Common
Grammar & Structure

Origin: from Latin complere 'to fill up'

Also means

turn (an age)

Usage Note

Compiere means to carry out or complete an action, as in compiere un dovere ('to fulfil a duty'). Crucially, Italians use it for birthdays: compiere gli anni and quanti anni compi? ('how old are you turning?'). It has an alternate form compire.

Examples

"Domani compio venti anni."

Natural Translation

Tomorrow I turn twenty.

Literal Translation

Tomorrow I-turn twenty years.

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