indugiare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *indūtiāre, derived from Latin indūtiae (“truce; pause”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.duˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧du‧già‧re

Verb

indugiàre (first-person singular present indùgio, first-person singular past historic indugiài, past participle indugiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to delay; to postpone
    Synonyms: rimandare, posporre; see also Thesaurus:rinviare
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto IV, page 61, lines 130–132:
      Prima convien che tanto il ciel m'aggiri / di fuor da essa, quanto fece in vita, / per ch'io indugiai al fine i buon sospiri
      I must wait outside as long as in my lifetime / the heavens wheeled around me / while I 'put off my sighs of penance to the end
  2. (intransitive) to linger
    indugiare nei ricordi ― to linger in one's memories
  3. (transitive, literary) to hold back
    Synonyms: fermare, frenare; see also Thesaurus:trattenere
  4. (intransitive) to hesitate
    Synonyms: esitare, tergiversare; see also Thesaurus:esitare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of indugiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive indugiàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund indugiàndo
present participle indugiànte past participle indugiàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present indùgio indùgi indùgia indugiàmo indugiàte indùgiano
imperfect indugiàvo indugiàvi indugiàva indugiavàmo indugiavàte indugiàvano
past historic indugiài indugiàsti indugiò indugiàmmo indugiàste indugiàrono
future indugerò indugerài indugerà indugerémo indugeréte indugerànno
conditional indugerèi indugerésti indugerèbbe, indugerébbe indugerémmo indugeréste indugerèbbero, indugerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present indùgi indùgi indùgi indugiàmo indugiàte indùgino
imperfect indugiàssi indugiàssi indugiàsse indugiàssimo indugiàste indugiàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
indùgia indùgi indugiàmo indugiàte indùgino
negative imperative non indugiàre non indùgi non indugiàmo non indugiàte non indùgino

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