-olare

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Italian

Etymology

Rebracketing of denominal verbs ending in -are, formed from nouns ending in the diminutive suffix -olo. By surface analysis, -olo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: -o‧là‧re

Suffix

-olàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -olo, first-person singular past historic -olài, past participle -olàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. -ify; used to derive verbs related to a base noun or verb
    ‎branca (“claw, talon”) + ‎-olare → ‎brancolare (“to grope, to feel one's way in the dark”)
    ‎chioccia (“brooding hen”) + ‎-olare → ‎chiocciolare (“to cluck”) (of a hen)
    ‎svagare (“to amuse, to distract”) + ‎-olare → ‎svagolare (“to distract”) (Tuscan)

Usage notes

  • In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -ol- suffix), e.g. io svàgolo "I distract", lei chiòcciola "she clucks".

Conjugation

    Conjugation of -olàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive -olàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund -olàndo
present participle -olànte past participle -olàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present -olo -oli -ola -oliàmo -olàte -olano
imperfect -olàvo -olàvi -olàva -olavàmo -olavàte -olàvano
past historic -olài -olàsti -olò -olàmmo -olàste -olàrono
future -olerò -olerài -olerà -olerémo -oleréte -olerànno
conditional -olerèi -olerésti -olerèbbe, -olerébbe -olerémmo -oleréste -olerèbbero, -olerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present -oli -oli -oli -oliàmo -oliàte -olino
imperfect -olàssi -olàssi -olàsse -olàssimo -olàste -olàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
-ola -oli -oliàmo -olàte -olino
negative imperative non -olàre non -oli non -oliàmo non -olàte non -olino

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -olare
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