bollire

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bolˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: bol‧lì‧re

Verb

bollìre (first-person singular present bóllo, first-person singular past historic bollìi, past participle bollìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to boil, to brew
    Synonym: lessare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bollìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive bollìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund bollèndo
present participle bollènte past participle bollìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bóllo bólli bólle bolliàmo bollìte bóllono
imperfect bollìvo bollìvi bollìva bollivàmo bollivàte bollìvano
past historic bollìi bollìsti bollì bollìmmo bollìste bollìrono
future bollirò bollirài bollirà bollirémo bolliréte bollirànno
conditional bollirèi bollirésti bollirèbbe, bollirébbe bollirémmo bolliréste bollirèbbero, bollirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present bólla bólla bólla bolliàmo bolliàte bóllano
imperfect bollìssi bollìssi bollìsse bollìssimo bollìste bollìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bólli bólla bolliàmo bollìte bóllano
negative imperative non bollìre non bólla non bolliàmo non bollìte non bóllano

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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