imboccare

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Italian

Etymology

From im (“in”) +‎ bocca (“mouth”) +‎ -are, or from a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca. Compare Spanish and Spanish embocar, French emboucher, Romanian îmbuca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.bokˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧boc‧cà‧re

Verb

imboccàre (first-person singular present imbócco, first-person singular past historic imboccài, past participle imboccàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (intransitive only) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to feed
    Synonyms: dare da mangiare, nutrire, alimentare
  2. (transitive, by extension) to put in one's mouth
    imboccare il sassofono ― to put the saxophone (its reed) in one's mouth
  3. (transitive) to suggest (an answer)
    Synonyms: imbeccare, suggerire, consigliare, ispirare, istruire, indottrinare, preparare
  4. (transitive) to enter (a road, passage, entrance, etc.)
    Synonyms: immettersi, prendere, infilare, avviarsi
    imboccare l'uscita ― to exit (literally, “enter the exit”)
  5. (intransitive) to enter into, to turn into, to lead to (a road, river, etc.)
    Synonyms: immettersi, incanalarsi, affacciarsi
    il sentiero imbocca nella strada provinciale ― the path leads to the provincial street
  6. (transitive, military) to shoot (an enemy cannon, gunboat, etc.)
  7. (transitive, poetic) to welcome into the mind; to learn
  8. (intransitive) to fit
    Synonyms: incastrarsi, adattarsi, ingranare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imboccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive imboccàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund imboccàndo
present participle imboccànte past participle imboccàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present imbócco imbócchi imbócca imbocchiàmo imboccàte imbóccano
imperfect imboccàvo imboccàvi imboccàva imboccavàmo imboccavàte imboccàvano
past historic imboccài imboccàsti imboccò imboccàmmo imboccàste imboccàrono
future imboccherò imboccherài imboccherà imboccherémo imboccheréte imboccherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present imboccherèi imboccherésti imboccherèbbe, imboccherébbe imboccherémmo imboccheréste imboccherèbbero, imboccherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present imbócchi imbócchi imbócchi imbocchiàmo imbocchiàte imbócchino
imperfect imboccàssi imboccàssi imboccàsse imboccàssimo imboccàste imboccàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
imbócca imbócchi imbocchiàmo imboccàte imbócchino
negative imperative non imboccàre non imbócchi non imbocchiàmo non imboccàte non imbócchino

1Transitive or intransitive.
2Intransitive only.

See also

Wikious
Boobota
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