desirare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan dezirar, from Latin dēsīderāre (to want, desire). Doublet of desiderare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ziˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧si‧rà‧re

Verb

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

desiràre (first-person singular present desìro, first-person singular past historic desirài, past participle desiràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) to wish, desire
    Synonym: desiderare

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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