What does confinare in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word confinare in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use confinare in Italian.
The word confinare in Italian means adjoin, confine, enclose, restrict, isolate yourself, seclude yourself. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word confinare
adjoinverbo intransitivo (separati da un confine) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") La Malesia confina a nord con la Thailandia. Malaysia borders with Thailand to the north. |
confine, enclose, restrictverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (portare al confino) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Molti oppositori politici furono confinati durante le purghe del regime comunista. Many political opponents were imprisoned (or: detained) during the purges of the Communist regime. |
isolate yourself, seclude yourselfverbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (figurato (isolarsi) (transitive verb and reflexive pronoun: Transitive verb with reflexive pronoun--for example, "Enjoy yourself." "They behaved themselves.") Non capisco perché abbia scelto di confinarsi in quel tavolo lontano da noi. I don't understand why he has decided to seclude himself at that table so far away from us. |
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