affliggere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin afflīgere. Compare French affliger, Spanish afligir and English afflict, which were also all borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈflid.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -iddʒere
  • Hyphenation: af‧flìg‧ge‧re

Verb

afflìggere (first-person singular present afflìggo, first-person singular past historic afflìssi, past participle afflìtto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to trouble
  2. (transitive) to grieve
  3. (transitive) to pang

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afflìggere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive afflìggere
auxiliary verb avére gerund affliggèndo
present participle affliggènte past participle afflìtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present afflìggo afflìggi afflìgge affliggiàmo affliggéte afflìggono
imperfect affliggévo affliggévi affliggéva affliggevàmo affliggevàte affliggévano
past historic afflìssi affliggésti afflìsse affliggémmo affliggéste afflìssero
future affliggerò affliggerài affliggerà affliggerémo affliggeréte affliggerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present affliggerèi affliggerésti affliggerèbbe, affliggerébbe affliggerémmo affliggeréste affliggerèbbero, affliggerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present afflìgga afflìgga afflìgga affliggiàmo affliggiàte afflìggano
imperfect affliggéssi affliggéssi affliggésse affliggéssimo affliggéste affliggéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
afflìggi afflìgga affliggiàmo affliggéte afflìggano
negative imperative non afflìggere non afflìgga non affliggiàmo non affliggéte non afflìggano

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Further reading

  • affliggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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