compiangere

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Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin complangere. Cognate to English complain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈpjan.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -andʒere
  • Hyphenation: com‧piàn‧ge‧re

Verb

compiàngere (first-person singular present compiàngo, first-person singular past historic compiànsi, past participle compiànto, auxiliary (transitive only) avére)

  1. (transitive) to feel sorry for, to pity
  2. (intransitive, literary) to feel sorry for, to pity (not used in the compound tenses)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compiàngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive compiàngere
auxiliary verb avére1 gerund compiangèndo
present participle compiangènte past participle compiànto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present compiàngo compiàngi compiànge compiangiàmo compiangéte compiàngono
imperfect compiangévo compiangévi compiangéva compiangevàmo compiangevàte compiangévano
past historic compiànsi compiangésti compiànse compiangémmo compiangéste compiànsero
future compiangerò compiangerài compiangerà compiangerémo compiangeréte compiangerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present compiangerèi compiangerésti compiangerèbbe, compiangerébbe compiangerémmo compiangeréste compiangerèbbero, compiangerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present compiànga compiànga compiànga compiangiàmo compiangiàte compiàngano
imperfect compiangéssi compiangéssi compiangésse compiangéssimo compiangéste compiangéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
compiàngi compiànga compiangiàmo compiangéte compiàngano
negative imperative non compiàngere non compiànga non compiangiàmo non compiangéte non compiàngano

1Transitive only.

Further reading

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