estollere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extollere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈstɔl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔllere
  • Hyphenation: e‧stòl‧le‧re

Verb

estòllere (first-person singular present estòllo, no past historic, no past participle) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to raise, lift
    Synonyms: alzare, innalzare
    • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “La ginestra, o il fiore del deserto [The Broom, or The Desert's Flower]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 131:
      […] fuggitivo, appelli
      vil chi lui segue, e solo
      magnanimo colui
      che sé schernendo o gli altri, astuto o folle,
      fin sopra gli astri il mortal grado estolle.
      in flight, you call him who pursues it vile, and only him great of heart who, foolishly or cunningly mocking himself or others, raises our human state above the stars.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to extol, exalt, praise
    Synonyms: celebrare, esaltare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estòllere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive estòllere
auxiliary verb — gerund estollèndo
present participle estollènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present estòllo estòlli estòlle estolliàmo estolléte estòllono
imperfect estollévo estollévi estolléva estollevàmo estollevàte estollévano
past historic — — — — — —
future estollerò estollerài estollerà estollerémo estolleréte estollerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present estollerèi estollerésti estollerèbbe, estollerébbe estollerémmo estolleréste estollerèbbero, estollerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present estòlla estòlla estòlla estolliàmo estolliàte estòllano
imperfect estolléssi estolléssi estollésse estolléssimo estolléste estolléssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
estòlli estòlla estolliàmo estolléte estòllano
negative imperative non estòllere non estòlla non estolliàmo non estolléte non estòllano

Derived terms

Further reading

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