lambire

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lambō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lamˈbi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: lam‧bì‧re

Verb

lambìre (first-person singular present lambìsco, first-person singular past historic lambìi, past participle lambìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to skim (of an object)
  2. (transitive) to lap (of water)
  3. (transitive) to lick (of a flame)
  4. (transitive) to nudge (of a mass)
  5. (transitive) to graze, glance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lambìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lambìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund lambèndo
present participle lambènte past participle lambìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lambìsco lambìsci lambìsce lambiàmo lambìte lambìscono
imperfect lambìvo lambìvi lambìva lambivàmo lambivàte lambìvano
past historic lambìi lambìsti lambì lambìmmo lambìste lambìrono
future lambirò lambirài lambirà lambirémo lambiréte lambirànno
conditional lambirèi lambirésti lambirèbbe, lambirébbe lambirémmo lambiréste lambirèbbero, lambirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present lambìsca lambìsca lambìsca lambiàmo lambiàte lambìscano
imperfect lambìssi lambìssi lambìsse lambìssimo lambìste lambìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
lambìsci lambìsca lambiàmo lambìte lambìscano
negative imperative non lambìre non lambìsca non lambiàmo non lambìte non lambìscano

Derived terms

Further reading

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