manducare

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See also: manducaré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of mangiare, manicare, and manucare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.duˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: man‧du‧cà‧re

Verb

manducàre (first-person singular present mandùco, first-person singular past historic manducài, past participle manducàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic, now chiefly puristic, humorous) to eat
    Synonyms: mangiare, (obsolete, rare) manicare, (obsolete) manucare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manducàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive manducàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund manducàndo
present participle manducànte past participle manducàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mandùco mandùchi mandùca manduchiàmo manducàte mandùcano
imperfect manducàvo manducàvi manducàva manducavàmo manducavàte manducàvano
past historic manducài manducàsti manducò manducàmmo manducàste manducàrono
future manducherò manducherài manducherà manducherémo manducheréte manducherànno
conditional manducherèi manducherésti manducherèbbe, manducherébbe manducherémmo manducheréste manducherèbbero, manducherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mandùchi mandùchi mandùchi manduchiàmo manduchiàte mandùchino
imperfect manducàssi manducàssi manducàsse manducàssimo manducàste manducàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mandùca mandùchi manduchiàmo manducàte mandùchino
negative imperative non manducàre non mandùchi non manduchiàmo non manducàte non mandùchino

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

mandūcāre

  1. inflection of mandūcō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

manducare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of manducar
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