flottare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French flotter.

Verb

flottàre (first-person singular present flòtto, first-person singular past historic flottài, past participle flottàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to undulate (of the sea)
  2. (intransitive) to bob (of an object floating in the water)
  3. (intransitive) to glide on the water (of a seaplane)
  4. (transitive) to float (logs)
  5. to separate (minerals) using flotation

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flottàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive flottàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund flottàndo
present participle flottànte past participle flottàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present flòtto flòtti flòtta flottiàmo flottàte flòttano
imperfect flottàvo flottàvi flottàva flottavàmo flottavàte flottàvano
past historic flottài flottàsti flottò flottàmmo flottàste flottàrono
future flotterò flotterài flotterà flotterémo flotteréte flotterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present flotterèi flotterésti flotterèbbe, flotterébbe flotterémmo flotteréste flotterèbbero, flotterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present flòtti flòtti flòtti flottiàmo flottiàte flòttino
imperfect flottàssi flottàssi flottàsse flottàssimo flottàste flottàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
flòtta flòtti flottiàmo flottàte flòttino
negative imperative non flottàre non flòtti non flottiàmo non flottàte non flòttino

Further reading

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

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Etymology

flotta +‎ -are (“-er”)

Noun

flottare c

  1. a log driver or timber rafter (person who transports logs on flowing water)
    • 1952, Hugo Lindh (lyrics and music), “Flottarkärlek [Log driver love]”‎performed by Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren:
      Jag var ung en gång för längesen, en flottare med färg. Alla jäntor var som vax uti min famn. I alla torp, i alla byar hade jag en liten vän, ifrån Norderås till skiljet ner vid Berg.
      I was young once, a long time ago, a log driver with color . All the girls were like wax in my arms . In every croft, in every village , I had a little friend, from Norderås to the log boom down by Berg.

Declension

Declension of flottare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flottare flottares
definite flottaren flottarens
plural indefinite flottare flottares
definite flottarna flottarnas

See also

References

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