agire

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French agir, itself borrowed from Latin agere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: a‧gì‧re

Verb

agìre (first-person singular present agìsco, first-person singular past historic agìi, past participle agìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to act or operate
    Synonyms: fare, operare
  2. to work, run or function
    Synonym: funzionare
  3. to take effect
  4. to behave
    Synonym: comportarsi
  5. (law) to proceed (against)
  6. (medicine) to affect (part of the body, etc.)
  7. (psychology) to act out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive agìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund agèndo
present participle agènte past participle agìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present agìsco agìsci agìsce agiàmo agìte agìscono
imperfect agìvo agìvi agìva agivàmo agivàte agìvano
past historic agìi agìsti agì agìmmo agìste agìrono
future agirò agirài agirà agirémo agiréte agirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present agirèi agirésti agirèbbe, agirébbe agirémmo agiréste agirèbbero, agirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present agìsca agìsca agìsca agiàmo agiàte agìscano
imperfect agìssi agìssi agìsse agìssimo agìste agìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
agìsci agìsca agiàmo agìte agìscano
negative imperative non agìre non agìsca non agiàmo non agìte non agìscano

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Further reading

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

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