interrompere

to interrupt

verb een-ter-ROM-peh-reh Less Common

Origin: Latin interrumpere (inter- + rumpere, to break)

Also means

to cut off

Usage Note

Interrompere is an irregular verb whose past participle is interrotto (not interromputo). It takes avere as the auxiliary: ho interrotto la riunione. In everyday speech it often means to cut someone off mid-sentence; in technical contexts it means to interrupt a process or connection.

Examples

"Non interrompere quando parlo!"

Natural Translation

Don't interrupt when I'm speaking!

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