dicere

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -itʃere
  • Hyphenation: dì‧ce‧re

Verb

dìcere (first-person singular present dìco, first-person singular past historic dìssi, past participle détto, first-person singular future dirò, second-person singular imperative dì' or (with syntactic gemination after the verb, with written accent) dì, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of dire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dìcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive dìcere
auxiliary verb avére gerund dicèndo
present participle dicènte past participle détto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present dìco dìci dìce diciàmo dìte dìcono
imperfect dicévo dicévi dicéva dicevàmo dicevàte dicévano
past historic dìssi dicésti dìsse dicémmo dicéste dìssero
future dirò dirài dirà dirémo diréte dirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present dirèi dirésti dirèbbe, dirébbe dirémmo diréste dirèbbero, dirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present dìca dìca dìca diciàmo diciàte dìcano
imperfect dicéssi dicéssi dicésse dicéssimo dicéste dicéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
dì', dì1,2 dìca diciàmo dìte dìcano
negative imperative non dìcere non dìca non diciàmo non dìte non dìcano

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2With written accent.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

dīcere

  1. inflection of dīcō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative

Verb

dīcēre

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dīcō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

dicēre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of dicō

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dīcere.

Pronunciation

Verb

dicere

  1. to say

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “dicere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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