approfittare
Italian
Etymology
From a- + profitto + -are. Compare Portuguese aproveitar, Spanish aprovechar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.pro.fitˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ap‧pro‧fit‧tà‧re
Verb
approfittàre (first-person singular present approfìtto, first-person singular past historic approfittài, past participle approfittàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to make use, to take advantage [with di ‘of’]
- Synonyms: usare, utilizzare
- devo approfittare del silenzio per leggere un libro
- I should take advantage of the silence to read a book
- non si deve approfittare della buone fede altrui
- one should not take advantage of the good faith of others
Conjugation
Conjugation of approfittàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)