devolvere

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See also: devolveré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēvolvere (“to roll or tumble off or down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈvɔl.ve.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlvere
  • Hyphenation: de‧vòl‧ve‧re

Verb

devòlvere (first-person singular present devòlvo, first-person singular past historic devòlsi or devolvétti or (traditional) devolvètti, past participle devolùto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to devolve, to transfer (power, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to donate (wealth, etc.)
  3. (literary, transitive) to carry down, to roll down (especially in a watercourse)
  4. (literary, intransitive) to be carried down, to roll down (especially in a watercourse)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devòlvere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive devòlvere
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund devolvèndo
present participle devolvènte past participle devolùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present devòlvo devòlvi devòlve devolviàmo devolvéte devòlvono
imperfect devolvévo devolvévi devolvéva devolvevàmo devolvevàte devolvévano
past historic devòlsi, devolvétti, devolvètti3 devolvésti devòlse, devolvétte, devolvètte3 devolvémmo devolvéste devòlsero, devolvéttero, devolvèttero3
future devolverò devolverài devolverà devolverémo devolveréte devolverànno
conditional devolverèi devolverésti devolverèbbe, devolverébbe devolverémmo devolveréste devolverèbbero, devolverébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present devòlva devòlva devòlva devolviàmo devolviàte devòlvano
imperfect devolvéssi devolvéssi devolvésse devolvéssimo devolvéste devolvéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
devòlvi devòlva devolviàmo devolvéte devòlvano
negative imperative non devòlvere non devòlva non devolviàmo non devolvéte non devòlvano

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
3Traditional.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dēvolvēre

  1. inflection of dēvolvō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

dēvolvere

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