assediare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assediāre, reshaping of Classical Latin obsidēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.seˈdja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: as‧se‧dià‧re

Verb

assediàre (first-person singular present assèdio, first-person singular past historic assediài, past participle assediàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (military) to besiege, to lay siege to
    Synonym: cingere d'assedio
  2. (by extension) to beset, to surround
    Synonym: circondare
  3. (figurative) to nag, to pester
    Synonym: assillare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assediàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive assediàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund assediàndo
present participle assediànte past participle assediàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present assèdio assèdi assèdia assediàmo assediàte assèdiano
imperfect assediàvo assediàvi assediàva assediavàmo assediavàte assediàvano
past historic assediài assediàsti assediò assediàmmo assediàste assediàrono
future assedierò assedierài assedierà assedierémo assedieréte assedierànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present assedierèi assedierésti assedierèbbe, assedierébbe assedierémmo assedieréste assedierèbbero, assedierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present assèdi assèdi assèdi assediàmo assediàte assèdino
imperfect assediàssi assediàssi assediàsse assediàssimo assediàste assediàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
assèdia assèdi assediàmo assediàte assèdino
negative imperative non assediàre non assèdi non assediàmo non assediàte non assèdino

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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