suddire

to subdivide

verb sood-DEE-reh Rare

Also means

to split up

Usage Note

Suddire (more commonly spelled suddividere) means to divide something into smaller parts. Note that suddire is an archaic or dialectal contracted form; standard modern Italian strongly prefers suddividere. The past participle is suddiviso, auxiliary avere. The related noun is suddivisione ('subdivision, division into parts').

Examples

"Dobbiamo suddire il lavoro in parti uguali."

Natural Translation

We need to divide the work into equal parts.

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