blandire

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See also: blandiré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin blandīrī; first attested 14th century.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blanˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: blan‧dì‧re

Verb

blandìre (first-person singular present blandìsco, first-person singular past historic blandìi, past participle blandìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, literary)

  1. to coax, to blandish, to cajole
    Synonyms: lusingare, adulare, adescare, lisciare, allettare, accattivarsi, assecondare, comprare
  2. to mitigate (a pain, punishment, etc.); to relieve; to soothe
    Synonyms: attenuare, calmare, alleviare, placare, lenire, mitigare, acquietare, addolcire
  3. (rare) to caress
    Synonyms: accarezzare, carezzare, coccolare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of blandìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive blandìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund blandèndo
present participle blandiènte1 past participle blandìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present blandìsco blandìsci blandìsce blandiàmo blandìte blandìscono
imperfect blandìvo blandìvi blandìva blandivàmo blandivàte blandìvano
past historic blandìi blandìsti blandì blandìmmo blandìste blandìrono
future blandirò blandirài blandirà blandirémo blandiréte blandirànno
conditional blandirèi blandirésti blandirèbbe, blandirébbe blandirémmo blandiréste blandirèbbero, blandirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present blandìsca blandìsca blandìsca blandiàmo blandiàte blandìscano
imperfect blandìssi blandìssi blandìsse blandìssimo blandìste blandìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
blandìsci blandìsca blandiàmo blandìte blandìscano
negative imperative non blandìre non blandìsca non blandiàmo non blandìte non blandìscano

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References

  1. ^ blandire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  2. ^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

blandīre

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