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vendicare

to avenge

verb ven-dee-KAH-reh Rare
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Also means

to vindicate

Usage Note

Vendicare takes avere as its auxiliary and means to avenge someone else's wrong: vendicare un amico. The reflexive vendicarsi di qualcuno means 'to take revenge on someone'. Do not confuse it with difendere ('to defend') or rivendicare ('to claim / assert a right'), which are false friends in meaning.

Examples

"Giurò di vendicare la morte del padre."

Natural Translation

He swore to avenge his father's death.

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