congregare

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See also: congregaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congregāre (“to gather into a flock”), from con- (“with, together”) + from grex (“flock, herd”).

Verb

congregàre (first-person singular present congrègo, first-person singular past historic congregài, past participle congregàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to summon, to gather, to congregate (people, especially for a religious purpose)
  2. (archaic, figurative) to amass, to accumulate (e.g. money)

Usage notes

  • The Latinate pronunciation còngrego is mentioned in dictionaries but is dispreferred.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of congregàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive congregàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund congregàndo
present participle congregànte past participle congregàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present congrègo congrèghi congrèga congreghiàmo congregàte congrègano
imperfect congregàvo congregàvi congregàva congregavàmo congregavàte congregàvano
past historic congregài congregàsti congregò congregàmmo congregàste congregàrono
future congregherò congregherài congregherà congregherémo congregheréte congregherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present congregherèi congregherésti congregherèbbe, congregherébbe congregherémmo congregheréste congregherèbbero, congregherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present congrèghi congrèghi congrèghi congreghiàmo congreghiàte congrèghino
imperfect congregàssi congregàssi congregàsse congregàssimo congregàste congregàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
congrèga congrèghi congreghiàmo congregàte congrèghino
negative imperative non congregàre non congrèghi non congreghiàmo non congregàte non congrèghino

Related terms

References

  1. ^ congrego in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Verb

congregāre

  1. inflection of congregō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

congregare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of congregar
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