ostare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obstāre (infinitive obstāre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: o‧stà‧re

Verb

ostàre (first-person singular present òsto, no past historic, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive, literary) to stand in the way of, to hinder, to oppose
    Synonyms: impedire, ostacolare

Usage notes

  • The verb lacks the historic past tense forms and the past participle form.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ostàre (-are; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ostàre
auxiliary verb — gerund ostàndo
present participle ostànte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present òsto òsti òsta ostiàmo ostàte òstano
imperfect ostàvo ostàvi ostàva ostavàmo ostavàte ostàvano
past historic — — — — — —
future osterò osterài osterà osterémo osteréte osterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present osterèi osterésti osterèbbe, osterébbe osterémmo osteréste osterèbbero, osterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present òsti òsti òsti ostiàmo ostiàte òstino
imperfect ostàssi ostàssi ostàsse ostàssimo ostàste ostàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
òsta òsti ostiàmo ostàte òstino
negative imperative non ostàre non òsti non ostiàmo non ostàte non òstino

Further reading

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

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