Galician

Verb

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

Italian

Verb

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpare

Latin

Etymology

From usus and rapio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uːˈsuːr.poː/

Verb

ūsūrpō ‎(present infinitive ūsūrpāre, perfect active ūsūrpāvī, supine ūsūrpātum); first conjugation

1. I use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute.
2. (law) I seize, get possession of, acquire, obtain something.
3. (law) I assume, appropriate or get possession of unlawfully, usurp; trespass on.
4. (by extension, in language) I name, call, speak or talk of, adopt, assume.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• ūsūrpātīvē

Descendants

References

• usurpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• usurpo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “usurpo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

usurpo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of usurpar

Spanish

Verb

usurpo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of usurpar.