mettere

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mittere, probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”). Cognate with Spanish meter, Occitan metre, and English mission.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmet.te.re/
  • Audio (Northern)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ettere
  • Hyphenation: mét‧te‧re

Verb

méttere (first-person singular present métto, first-person singular past historic mìsi, past participle mésso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay, to set
    Synonym: porre
    Antonym: togliere
    Perché metti le calze sulla sedia? ― Why do you put the socks on the chair?
  2. (transitive) to deposit
  3. (transitive) to bet, to wager
  4. (transitive) to cut (new teeth)
  5. (transitive) to lead (someone) to, to provoke in (someone), to make (someone) feel or
    mettere qualcuno in ansia ― to make someone anxious (literally, “to put/lead someone into anxiety”)
    mettere qualcuno nei guai ― to get someone in trouble
    metterli d'accordo ― to get them to agree (literally, “to put them in agreement”)
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to charge (an amount of money)
  7. (transitive) to don, to put on
  8. (intransitive) to give, to lead onto (of a street, road, etc.)
  9. (intransitive) to bud, to develop (of plants)
  10. (intransitive) to turn out (well or badly)
  11. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) in the form "metterlo", literally "to put it": to penetrate sexually
  12. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) in the form "metterlo", literally "to put it": to cheat, to swindle, to scam

Conjugation

    Conjugation of méttere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive méttere
auxiliary verb avére gerund mettèndo
present participle mettènte past participle mésso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present métto métti métte mettiàmo mettéte méttono
imperfect mettévo mettévi mettéva mettevàmo mettevàte mettévano
past historic mìsi mettésti mìse mettémmo mettéste mìsero
future metterò metterài metterà metterémo metteréte metterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present metterèi metterésti metterèbbe, metterébbe metterémmo metteréste metterèbbero, metterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present métta métta métta mettiàmo mettiàte méttano
imperfect mettéssi mettéssi mettésse mettéssimo mettéste mettéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
métti métta mettiàmo mettéte méttano
negative imperative non méttere non métta non mettiàmo non mettéte non méttano

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of méttere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive méttere
auxiliary verb avére gerund mettèndo
present participle mettènte past participle mésso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present métto métti métte mettiàmo mettéte méttono
imperfect mettévo mettévi mettéva mettevàmo mettevàte mettévano
past historic mìsi, méssi1 mettésti mìse, mésse1 mettémmo mettéste mìsero, méssero1
future metterò metterài metterà metterémo metteréte metterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present metterèi metterésti metterèbbe, metterébbe metterémmo metteréste metterèbbero, metterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present métta métta métta mettiàmo mettiàte méttano
imperfect mettéssi mettéssi mettésse mettéssimo mettéste mettéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
métti métta mettiàmo mettéte méttano
negative imperative non méttere non métta non mettiàmo non mettéte non méttano

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mittere.

Pronunciation

Verb

mettere

  1. to put

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1171: “mettere lo strame” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “mettere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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Adjective

mettere

  1. comparative degree of mett
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