castigare
to punish
verb kah-stee-GAH-reh Rare
Origin: From Latin 'castigare' (to correct, chastise).
Also means
to chastise
Usage Note
Castigare is more formal and literary than the everyday punire. It carries a moral or corrective nuance, often suggesting punishment meant to reform. It takes avere as the auxiliary: ha castigato il figlio. In older usage it also meant 'to correct a text', a sense now mostly archaic.
Examples
"I genitori hanno castigato il bambino per la bugia."
Natural Translation
The parents punished the child for the lie.
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