frequentare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin frequentāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fre.kwenˈta.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fre‧quen‧tà‧re

Verb

frequentàre (first-person singular present frequènto, first-person singular past historic frequentài, past participle frequentàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to frequent, to go regularly to, to patronize
    Synonyms: bazzicare, andare spesso, visitare
  2. (transitive) to attend (a class, school, etc.)
    Synonyms: essere iscritto, andare regolarmente, seguire
  3. (transitive) to hang out with
    Synonyms: vedere, incontrare, essere in relazione, essere in amicizia, essere di casa
    frequentare un amico ― to hang out with a friend
  4. (transitive) to practice regularly or religiously
    Synonym: praticare
    frequentare le preghiere ― to regularly pray (literally, “to regularly practice prayers”)
  5. (transitive, by extension) to read or study (an author, field, etc.) often
    frequentare i libri di Chomsky ― to study Chomsky's books
  6. (transitive, archaic or literary) to use frequently
  7. (intransitive, rare) (with in or con) to often find oneself (in or among)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frequentàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive frequentàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund frequentàndo
present participle frequentànte past participle frequentàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present frequènto frequènti frequènta frequentiàmo frequentàte frequèntano
imperfect frequentàvo frequentàvi frequentàva frequentavàmo frequentavàte frequentàvano
past historic frequentài frequentàsti frequentò frequentàmmo frequentàste frequentàrono
future frequenterò frequenterài frequenterà frequenterémo frequenteréte frequenterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present frequenterèi frequenterésti frequenterèbbe, frequenterébbe frequenterémmo frequenteréste frequenterèbbero, frequenterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present frequènti frequènti frequènti frequentiàmo frequentiàte frequèntino
imperfect frequentàssi frequentàssi frequentàsse frequentàssimo frequentàste frequentàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
frequènta frequènti frequentiàmo frequentàte frequèntino
negative imperative non frequentàre non frequènti non frequentiàmo non frequentàte non frequèntino

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

frequentāre

  1. inflection of frequentō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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