sorprendere
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to surprise, catch, catch out
- (transitive) to surprise, astonish, amaze, make someone's jaw drop
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sorprendre (overtake).
Origin
Old French
sorprendre
Gloss
overtake
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- super- Latin
- prendre Old French
- sorprendre Old French
- surprendre Middle French
- surprise Middle French