stravincere

to win by a landslide

verb strah-VEEN-cheh-reh Rare

Also means

to dominate completely

Usage Note

Stravincere is a prefixed intensified form of vincere ('to win'), with stra- adding the sense of excess or overwhelming degree. It is irregular like vincere — past participle stravinto, past remote stravinsi. Takes avere as auxiliary.

Examples

"La squadra ha stravinto la partita."

Natural Translation

The team won the match by a landslide.

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