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trasporre

to transpose

verb tras-POR-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'transponere', to place across.

Also means

to transfer

Usage Note

Trasporre is an irregular verb conjugated like porre: present io traspongo, tu trasponi, egli traspone. In music it means to move a piece to a different key; in literature, to adapt a work to a new setting. It takes avere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"Il maestro traspone la sonata in do maggiore."

Natural Translation

The conductor transposes the sonata to C major.

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