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conferire

confer

verb kohn-feh-REE-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'conferre', to bring together

Also means

grant

Usage Note

Conferire is formal: it means to bestow an award or title, but intransitively it also means to have a meeting or consultation. It is an -isc- verb (io conferisco).

Examples

"Gli hanno conferito un premio."

Natural Translation

They awarded him a prize.

Literal Translation

To-him they-have conferred a prize.

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