muovere

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *movĕre, from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmwɔ.ve.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvere
  • Hyphenation: muò‧ve‧re

Verb

muòvere (first-person singular present muòvo, first-person singular past historic mòssi, past participle mòsso, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (alternatively when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to move
    Antonym: fermare
    • 1633, Galileo Galilei, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Eppur si muove.
      And yet it moves.
  2. (transitive) to initiate (a hostile action, war, criticism, etc.)
  3. (transitive, rare) to operate (a mechanism)
  4. (transitive, figurative, literary) to move emotionally
  5. (intransitive) to move (in chess or checkers)
    tocca a te muovere ― it's your move (literally, “it's up to you to move”)
  6. (intransitive) to proceed, to move
    Annibale mosse contro Roma ― Hannibal moved/proceeded against Rome
  7. (intransitive) to start moving (of a fleet, etc.), to start (of a path, etc.)
  8. (intransitive, figurative) to derive, to originate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of muòvere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive muòvere
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund muovèndo, movèndo3
present participle muovènte, movènte3 past participle mòsso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present muòvo muòvi muòve muoviàmo, moviàmo3 muovéte, movéte3 muòvono
imperfect muovévo, movévo3 muovévi, movévi3 muovéva, movéva3 muovevàmo, movevàmo3 muovevàte, movevàte3 muovévano, movévano3
past historic mòssi muovésti, movésti3 mòsse muovémmo, movémmo3 muovéste, movéste3 mòssero
future muoverò, moverò3 muoverài, moverài3 muoverà, moverà3 muoverémo, moverémo3 muoveréte, moveréte3 muoverànno, moverànno3
conditional muoverèi, moverèi3 muoverésti, moverésti3 muoverèbbe, muoverébbe, moverèbbe3, moverébbe3 muoverémmo, moverémmo3 muoveréste, moveréste3 muoverèbbero, muoverébbero, moverèbbero3, moverébbero3
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present muòva muòva muòva muoviàmo, moviàmo3 muoviàte, moviàte3 muòvano
imperfect muovéssi, movéssi3 muovéssi, movéssi3 muovésse, movésse3 muovéssimo, movéssimo3 muovéste, movéste3 muovéssero, movéssero3
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
muòvi muòva muoviàmo, moviàmo3 muovéte, movéte3 muòvano
negative imperative non muòvere non muòva non muoviàmo, non moviàmo3 non muovéte, non movéte3 non muòvano

1Transitive or intransitive.
2Alternatively when intransitive.
3Now rare.

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References

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