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emergere

emerge

verb eh-MEHR-jeh-reh Less Common
Body & Health Movement

Origin: from Latin 'emergere'

Also means

come out

Usage Note

Emergere takes essere in compound tenses and has an irregular past participle emerso. Beyond surfacing physically, it figuratively means a fact 'coming to light', as in è emerso che ('it emerged that').

Examples

"La verità è emersa lentamente."

Natural Translation

The truth emerged slowly.

Literal Translation

The truth is emerged slowly.

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