acuire

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin acuēre, from acuō (“to sharpen”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.kuˈi.re/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: a‧cu‧ì‧re

Verb

acuìre (first-person singular present acuìsco, first-person singular past historic acuìi, past participle acuìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen or whet

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acuìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive acuìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund acuèndo
present participle acuènte past participle acuìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present acuìsco acuìsci acuìsce acuiàmo acuìte acuìscono
imperfect acuìvo acuìvi acuìva acuivàmo acuivàte acuìvano
past historic acuìi acuìsti acuì acuìmmo acuìste acuìrono
future acuirò acuirài acuirà acuirémo acuiréte acuirànno
conditional acuirèi acuirésti acuirèbbe, acuirébbe acuirémmo acuiréste acuirèbbero, acuirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present acuìsca acuìsca acuìsca acuiàmo acuiàte acuìscano
imperfect acuìssi acuìssi acuìsse acuìssimo acuìste acuìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
acuìsci acuìsca acuiàmo acuìte acuìscano
negative imperative non acuìre non acuìsca non acuiàmo non acuìte non acuìscano

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ acuire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ acuire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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