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rinnegare

to renounce

verb reen-neh-GAH-reh Rare

Also means

to disown

Usage Note

Rinnegare takes avere as auxiliary. It means to repudiate or publicly deny something one once held — rinnegare la propria fede (to renounce one's faith) or rinnegare un figlio (to disown a child). The double nn is pronounced as a held consonant: rin-neh-GAH-reh.

Examples

"Non rinnegherò mai le mie origini."

Natural Translation

I will never disown my origins.

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