bussare

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Italian

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Lombardic *bauzzan ("to beat"),from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /busˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bus‧sà‧re

Verb

bussàre (first-person singular present bùsso, first-person singular past historic bussài, past participle bussàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to knock
    • 1973, “La casa di Hilde”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
      Io mi ricordo che avevo paura / Quando bussammo alla porta / Ma lei sorrise e ci disse di entrare / Era vestita di chiaro
      I remember I was scared / When we knocked on the door / But she smiled and told us to come in / She was dressed brightly
  2. (card games) in the game of tressette, to request that one's partner follow suit by rapping on the table (with the knuckles or the card in question)
  3. (figurative) to ask (for money)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bussàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive bussàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund bussàndo
present participle bussànte past participle bussàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bùsso bùssi bùssa bussiàmo bussàte bùssano
imperfect bussàvo bussàvi bussàva bussavàmo bussavàte bussàvano
past historic bussài bussàsti bussò bussàmmo bussàste bussàrono
future busserò busserài busserà busserémo busseréte busserànno
conditional busserèi busserésti busserèbbe, busserébbe busserémmo busseréste busserèbbero, busserébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present bùssi bùssi bùssi bussiàmo bussiàte bùssino
imperfect bussàssi bussàssi bussàsse bussàssimo bussàste bussàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bùssa bùssi bussiàmo bussàte bùssino
negative imperative non bussàre non bùssi non bussiàmo non bussàte non bùssino

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Italian bussare.

Verb

bussare

  1. to knock
    Synonyms: toppetiare, tozzoliare

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “bussare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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