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seppellire

to bury

verb sep-pel-LEE-reh Less Common

Origin: From Latin sepelire.

Usage Note

Seppellire means to bury a corpse or to cover something underground. Figuratively it can mean to bury the past (seppellire il passato) or to overwhelm with work (seppellito di lavoro). It belongs to the third conjugation and has both regular and irregular past participle forms: sepolto (more common) alongside seppellito. Auxiliary is avere.

Examples

"Hanno seppellito il nonno ieri."

Natural Translation

They buried their grandfather yesterday.

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