mordicare

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mordicāre, derived from Classical Latin mordeō (“to bite, nibble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mor.diˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mor‧di‧cà‧re

Verb

mordicàre (first-person singular present mòrdico, first-person singular past historic mordicài, past participle mordicàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (archaic, figurative) to bite (cause pain or damage)
  2. (literary, uncommon) to nibble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mordicàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive mordicàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund mordicàndo
present participle mordicànte past participle mordicàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mòrdico mòrdichi mòrdica mordichiàmo mordicàte mòrdicano
imperfect mordicàvo mordicàvi mordicàva mordicavàmo mordicavàte mordicàvano
past historic mordicài mordicàsti mordicò mordicàmmo mordicàste mordicàrono
future mordicherò mordicherài mordicherà mordicherémo mordicheréte mordicherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mordicherèi mordicherésti mordicherèbbe, mordicherébbe mordicherémmo mordicheréste mordicherèbbero, mordicherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mòrdichi mòrdichi mòrdichi mordichiàmo mordichiàte mòrdichino
imperfect mordicàssi mordicàssi mordicàsse mordicàssimo mordicàste mordicàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mòrdica mòrdichi mordichiàmo mordicàte mòrdichino
negative imperative non mordicàre non mòrdichi non mordichiàmo non mordicàte non mòrdichino

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mordicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • mordicare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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