peggiorare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peiōrem (“worsen”). By surface analysis, peggiore +‎ -are. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ped.d͡ʒoˈra.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: peg‧gio‧rà‧re === Verb === peggioràre (first-person singular present peggióro, first-person singular past historic peggiorài, past participle peggioràto, auxiliary (transitive, also alternatively when intransitive and with a person as the subject) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (transitive) to worsen (make worse) (intransitive) to worsen (become worse) (of an object, situation, etc.) [auxiliary essere] (intransitive) to worsen (become worse) (of a person, e.g. a patient) [auxiliary essere or avere] ==== Usage notes ==== Colloquial Tuscan says io pèggioro, tu pèggiori in place of standard io peggióro, tu peggióri. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== peggio peggioramento peggiorativo peggiore === Anagrams === peggiorerà, proeggiare