cavillare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cavillārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.vilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧vil‧là‧re

Verb

cavillàre (first-person singular present cavìllo, first-person singular past historic cavillài, past participle cavillàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to quibble, or split hairs
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to nitpick, to criticize by splitting hairs
  3. (intransitive) to crack, to become covered with capillary veins (of ceramics, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cavillàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive cavillàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund cavillàndo
present participle cavillànte past participle cavillàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cavìllo cavìlli cavìlla cavilliàmo cavillàte cavìllano
imperfect cavillàvo cavillàvi cavillàva cavillavàmo cavillavàte cavillàvano
past historic cavillài cavillàsti cavillò cavillàmmo cavillàste cavillàrono
future cavillerò cavillerài cavillerà cavillerémo cavilleréte cavillerànno
conditional cavillerèi cavillerésti cavillerèbbe, cavillerébbe cavillerémmo cavilleréste cavillerèbbero, cavillerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cavìlli cavìlli cavìlli cavilliàmo cavilliàte cavìllino
imperfect cavillàssi cavillàssi cavillàsse cavillàssimo cavillàste cavillàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cavìlla cavìlli cavilliàmo cavillàte cavìllino
negative imperative non cavillàre non cavìlli non cavilliàmo non cavillàte non cavìllino

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cavillāre

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