imprecare

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See also: imprecaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin imprecārī (“to invoke; to imprecate”). Compare Spanish imprecar and Portuguese imprecar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

imprecàre (first-person singular present imprèco, first-person singular past historic imprecài, past participle imprecàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to curse, swear
    Synonyms: bestemmiare, inveire, maledire, sacramentare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imprecàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive imprecàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund imprecàndo
present participle imprecànte past participle imprecàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present imprèco imprèchi imprèca imprechiàmo imprecàte imprècano
imperfect imprecàvo imprecàvi imprecàva imprecavàmo imprecavàte imprecàvano
past historic imprecài imprecàsti imprecò imprecàmmo imprecàste imprecàrono
future imprecherò imprecherài imprecherà imprecherémo imprecheréte imprecherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present imprecherèi imprecherésti imprecherèbbe, imprecherébbe imprecherémmo imprecheréste imprecherèbbero, imprecherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present imprèchi imprèchi imprèchi imprechiàmo imprechiàte imprèchino
imperfect imprecàssi imprecàssi imprecàsse imprecàssimo imprecàste imprecàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
imprèca imprèchi imprechiàmo imprecàte imprèchino
negative imperative non imprecàre non imprèchi non imprechiàmo non imprecàte non imprèchino

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

imprecāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of imprecor

Spanish

Verb

imprecare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of imprecar
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