lanciare

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare Catalan llançar, French lancer, Occitan and Portuguese lançar, Spanish lanzar, English launch (via Northern Old French).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lanˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: lan‧cià‧re

Verb

lanciàre (first-person singular present làncio, first-person singular past historic lanciài, past participle lanciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to throw; to sling; to launch
    Synonyms: gettare, scagliare, scaraventare, buttare, gettare lontano, proiettare, emettere
  2. to set off or trigger at full speed (of animals)
    lanciare i cani all'inseguimento del ladro
    to set off the dogs to run after the thief
  3. (figurative) to launch (a new product, etc.)
    Synonyms: presentare, divulgare, far conoscere, pubblicizzare, reclamizzare, introdurre
  4. to impetuously utter
    lanciare un grido ― to impetuously let out a yell
  5. to spotlight (someone) (or otherwise direct to the public eye)
    lanciare un attore ― to spotlight an actor
  6. to direct or address
    lanciare un occhiataccia a lui ― to give him a dirty look (lit. direct a dirty look to him)
  7. to introduce someone to a new environment or field
    la madre l'ha lanciato nel campo biologico
    the mother introduced him to the field of biology
  8. to strongly or loudly propose
    Synonyms: proporre, promuovere, sostenere
    lanciare una proposta ― to put forward a proposal
  9. (archaic) to pierce
  10. (archaic) to torment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lanciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lanciàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund lanciàndo
present participle lanciànte past participle lanciàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present làncio lànci lància lanciàmo lanciàte lànciano
imperfect lanciàvo lanciàvi lanciàva lanciavàmo lanciavàte lanciàvano
past historic lanciài lanciàsti lanciò lanciàmmo lanciàste lanciàrono
future lancerò lancerài lancerà lancerémo lanceréte lancerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lancerèi lancerésti lancerèbbe, lancerébbe lancerémmo lanceréste lancerèbbero, lancerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present lànci lànci lànci lanciàmo lanciàte làncino
imperfect lanciàssi lanciàssi lanciàsse lanciàssimo lanciàste lanciàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
lància lànci lanciàmo lanciàte làncino
negative imperative non lanciàre non lànci non lanciàmo non lanciàte non làncino

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