incalzare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *incalciāre, derived from Latin calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.kalˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧cal‧zà‧re

Verb

incalzàre (first-person singular present incàlzo, first-person singular past historic incalzài, past participle incalzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to chase, to pursue, to follow closely, to press
    Synonyms: tallonare, inseguire, perseguitare
  2. (transitive) to pressure (someone)
    Synonyms: fare fretta, mettere premura, premere, pressare, insistere, assillare, incombere, spingere, sospingere, sollecitare, urgere, incitare, stimolare, sollecitare
    incalzarla con mille riquesti
    to pressure her by asking a thousand times
  3. (intransitive) to be imminent, to be pressing
    il pericolo incalza ― danger is imminent, danger presses, danger threatens
  4. (intransitive, somewhat rare) to arrive or run by impetuously
  5. (intransitive, figurative, by extension) to advance quickly; to approach (of time, etc.)
    Synonyms: avanzare, stringere
    il tempo incalza ― the clock is ticking (literally, “time advances”)
  6. (transitive, music) to quicken (a tempo)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incalzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive incalzàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund incalzàndo
present participle incalzànte past participle incalzàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present incàlzo incàlzi incàlza incalziàmo incalzàte incàlzano
imperfect incalzàvo incalzàvi incalzàva incalzavàmo incalzavàte incalzàvano
past historic incalzài incalzàsti incalzò incalzàmmo incalzàste incalzàrono
future incalzerò incalzerài incalzerà incalzerémo incalzeréte incalzerànno
conditional incalzerèi incalzerésti incalzerèbbe, incalzerébbe incalzerémmo incalzeréste incalzerèbbero, incalzerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present incàlzi incàlzi incàlzi incalziàmo incalziàte incàlzino
imperfect incalzàssi incalzàssi incalzàsse incalzàssimo incalzàste incalzàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
incàlza incàlzi incalziàmo incalzàte incàlzino
negative imperative non incalzàre non incàlzi non incalziàmo non incalzàte non incàlzino

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