nutrire

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See also: nutriré

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nūtrīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuˈtri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: nu‧trì‧re
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Verb

nutrìre (first-person singular present nùtro or (less common) nutrìsco, first-person singular past historic nutrìi, past participle nutrìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (also figurative) to nourish
  2. (also figurative) to feed
    Synonym: alimentare
  3. to breastfeed
  4. (by extension) to raise (a child)
  5. (figurative) to have (a feeling: doubt, confidence, hope, suspicion, etc.)
  6. (figurative) to foment, to sow (a scandal, discord, etc.)
    Synonym: alimentare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nutrìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive nutrìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund nutrèndo
present participle nutriènte past participle nutrìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present nùtro, nutrìsco1 nùtri, nutrìsci1 nùtre, nutrìsce1 nutriàmo nutrìte nùtrono, nutrìscono1
imperfect nutrìvo nutrìvi nutrìva nutrivàmo nutrivàte nutrìvano
past historic nutrìi nutrìsti nutrì nutrìmmo nutrìste nutrìrono
future nutrirò nutrirài nutrirà nutrirémo nutriréte nutrirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present nutrirèi nutrirésti nutrirèbbe, nutrirébbe nutrirémmo nutriréste nutrirèbbero, nutrirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present nùtra, nutrìsca1 nùtra, nutrìsca1 nùtra, nutrìsca1 nutriàmo nutriàte nùtrano, nutrìscano1
imperfect nutrìssi nutrìssi nutrìsse nutrìssimo nutrìste nutrìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
nùtri, nutrìsci1 nùtra, nutrìsca1 nutriàmo nutrìte nùtrano, nutrìscano1
negative imperative non nutrìre non nùtra, non nutrìsca1 non nutriàmo non nutrìte non nùtrano, non nutrìscano1

1Less common.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

nūtrīre

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

Romanian

Etymology

From nutri +‎ -re.

Noun

nutrire f (plural nutriri)

  1. nutrition

Declension

Declension of nutrire
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) nutrire nutrirea (niște) nutriri nutririle
genitive/dative (unei) nutriri nutririi (unor) nutriri nutririlor
vocative nutrire, nutrireo nutririlor
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