adulare

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See also: adularé

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.[1] Compare Spanish and Portuguese adular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.duˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: a‧du‧là‧re

Verb

adulàre (first-person singular present àdulo or (traditional, careful style) adùlo[2], first-person singular past historic adulài, past participle adulàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to flatter, to adulate, to soft-soap
    Synonyms: lusingare, blandire, insaponare
    Quel suo modo di adularmi, mi ha esaurito.
    His/her certain way of flattering me has exhausted me.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adulàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive adulàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund adulàndo
present participle adulànte past participle adulàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present àdulo, adùlo1,2 àduli, adùli1,2 àdula, adùla1,2 aduliàmo adulàte àdulano, adùlano1,2
imperfect adulàvo adulàvi adulàva adulavàmo adulavàte adulàvano
past historic adulài adulàsti adulò adulàmmo adulàste adulàrono
future adulerò adulerài adulerà adulerémo aduleréte adulerànno
conditional adulerèi adulerésti adulerèbbe, adulerébbe adulerémmo aduleréste adulerèbbero, adulerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present àduli, adùli1,2 àduli, adùli1,2 àduli, adùli1,2 aduliàmo aduliàte àdulino, adùlino1,2
imperfect adulàssi adulàssi adulàsse adulàssimo adulàste adulàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
àdula, adùla1,2 àduli, adùli1,2 aduliàmo adulàte àdulino, adùlino1,2
negative imperative non adulàre non àduli, non adùli1,2 non aduliàmo non adulàte non àdulino, non adùlino1,2

1Traditional.
2Careful style.

References

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

adūlāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of adūlor

Romanian

Etymology

From adula +‎ -re.

Noun

adulare f (plural adulări)

  1. adulation

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative adulare adularea adulări adulările
genitive-dative adulări adulării adulări adulărilor
vocative adulare, adulareo adulărilor

Spanish

Verb

adulare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of adular
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