desiderare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an alteration of the older disiderare, from Latin dēsīderāre (to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret). Doublet of desirare, taken from Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.zi.deˈra.re/, (traditional) /de.si.deˈra.re/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧si‧de‧rà‧re
  • (Rome) IPA(key): /desið̞eˈɾä(ɾe)/

Verb

desideràre (first-person singular present desìdero, first-person singular past historic desiderài, past participle desideràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to wish, to want, to like, to desire, to long
    Synonym: volere

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References

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deː.siː.deˈraː.re/,

Verb

dēsīderāre

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