trasporre
to transpose
verb tras-POR-reh Rare
Origin: From Latin 'transponere', to place across.
Also means
to transfer
Usage Note
Trasporre is an irregular verb conjugated like porre: present io traspongo, tu trasponi, egli traspone. In music it means to move a piece to a different key; in literature, to adapt a work to a new setting. It takes avere as its auxiliary.
Examples
"Il maestro traspone la sonata in do maggiore."
Natural Translation
The conductor transposes the sonata to C major.
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