diffidare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffīdere, reshaped according to the native Italian fidare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dif.fiˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧dà‧re

Verb

diffidàre (first-person singular present diffìdo, first-person singular past historic diffidài, past participle diffidàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to distrust, or be suspicious
  2. (transitive, law) to warn, to caution

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diffidàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive diffidàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund diffidàndo
present participle diffidànte past participle diffidàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present diffìdo diffìdi diffìda diffidiàmo diffidàte diffìdano
imperfect diffidàvo diffidàvi diffidàva diffidavàmo diffidavàte diffidàvano
past historic diffidài diffidàsti diffidò diffidàmmo diffidàste diffidàrono
future diffiderò diffiderài diffiderà diffiderémo diffideréte diffiderànno
conditional diffiderèi diffiderésti diffiderèbbe, diffiderébbe diffiderémmo diffideréste diffiderèbbero, diffiderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present diffìdi diffìdi diffìdi diffidiàmo diffidiàte diffìdino
imperfect diffidàssi diffidàssi diffidàsse diffidàssimo diffidàste diffidàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
diffìda diffìdi diffidiàmo diffidàte diffìdino
negative imperative non diffidàre non diffìdi non diffidiàmo non diffidàte non diffìdino

Derived terms

References

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

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