premiare
reward
verb preh-MYAH-reh Less Common
Origin: from premio, 'prize', from Latin praemium
Also means
award a prize to
Usage Note
Premiare means to reward someone or award them a prize, built on the noun premio ('prize'). The person rewarded is the direct object: premiare gli studenti ('to reward the students'). Its past participle premiato doubles as an adjective for 'award-winning'.
Examples
"Vogliono premiare i migliori studenti."
Natural Translation
They want to reward the best students.
Literal Translation
They-want to-reward the best students.
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