lessare

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ēlixāre, from Latin lixa (“hot water”), cf. ēlixus. Compare Spanish elijar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lesˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: les‧sà‧re

Verb

lessàre (first-person singular present lésso, first-person singular past historic lessài, past participle lessàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to boil (to cook in boiling water), to stew, to poach

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lessàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lessàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund lessàndo
present participle lessànte past participle lessàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lésso léssi léssa lessiàmo lessàte léssano
imperfect lessàvo lessàvi lessàva lessavàmo lessavàte lessàvano
past historic lessài lessàsti lessò lessàmmo lessàste lessàrono
future lesserò lesserài lesserà lesserémo lesseréte lesserànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lesserèi lesserésti lesserèbbe, lesserébbe lesserémmo lesseréste lesserèbbero, lesserébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present léssi léssi léssi lessiàmo lessiàte léssino
imperfect lessàssi lessàssi lessàsse lessàssimo lessàste lessàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
léssa léssi lessiàmo lessàte léssino
negative imperative non lessàre non léssi non lessiàmo non lessàte non léssino

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Further reading

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

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