cullare

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Italian

Etymology

From culla +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kulˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cul‧là‧re

Verb

cullàre (first-person singular present cùllo, first-person singular past historic cullài, past participle cullàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to rock (a child)
    Synonyms: dondolare, ninnare
    cullare il bebè ― to rock the baby
  2. (by extension) to swing with light, gentle movements; to sway
  3. to caress
    Synonyms: fare carezze, carezzare, lisciare, coccolare, vezzeggiare
    vorrei che il mio ragazzo mi cullasse più spesso
    I wish my boyfriend would caress me more often
  4. to have in mind (an idea, hope, etc.)
    Synonyms: custodire, coltivare, accarezzare
    cullare un sogno ― to have a dream
  5. to deceive
    Synonyms: raggirare, imbrogliare; see also Thesaurus:ingannare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cullàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive cullàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund cullàndo
present participle cullànte past participle cullàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cùllo cùlli cùlla culliàmo cullàte cùllano
imperfect cullàvo cullàvi cullàva cullavàmo cullavàte cullàvano
past historic cullài cullàsti cullò cullàmmo cullàste cullàrono
future cullerò cullerài cullerà cullerémo culleréte cullerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cullerèi cullerésti cullerèbbe, cullerébbe cullerémmo culleréste cullerèbbero, cullerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cùlli cùlli cùlli culliàmo culliàte cùllino
imperfect cullàssi cullàssi cullàsse cullàssimo cullàste cullàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cùlla cùlli culliàmo cullàte cùllino
negative imperative non cullàre non cùlli non culliàmo non cullàte non cùllino

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Further reading

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

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