discendere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dēscendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diʃˈʃen.de.re/, /diʃˈʃɛn.de.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -endere, -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: di‧scén‧de‧re, di‧scèn‧de‧re
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Verb

discéndere or discèndere (first-person singular present discéndo or discèndo, first-person singular past historic discési, past participle discéso, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to go down, to descend, to get down, to slope down
    Synonyms: scendere, calare
  2. (intransitive, from a vehicle) to get off, to get out
    Synonym: scendere
  3. (intransitive) to fall, to drop, to decrease
    Synonyms: scendere, calare, abbassarsi
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to descend, to originate
  5. (transitive) to descend (stairs, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of discéndere or discèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive discéndere, discèndere
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund discendèndo
present participle discendènte past participle discéso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present discéndo, discèndo discéndi, discèndi discénde, discènde discendiàmo discendéte discéndono, discèndono
imperfect discendévo discendévi discendéva discendevàmo discendevàte discendévano
past historic discési discendésti discése discendémmo discendéste discésero
future discenderò discenderài discenderà discenderémo discenderéte discenderànno
conditional discenderèi discenderésti discenderèbbe, discenderébbe discenderémmo discenderéste discenderèbbero, discenderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present discénda, discènda discénda, discènda discénda, discènda discendiàmo discendiàte discéndano, discèndano
imperfect discendéssi discendéssi discendésse discendéssimo discendéste discendéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
discéndi, discèndi discénda, discènda discendiàmo discendéte discéndano, discèndano
negative imperative non discéndere, non discèndere non discénda, non discènda non discendiàmo non discendéte non discéndano, non discèndano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

Related terms

References

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