partire

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See also: partiré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin partīre (to divide), from pars (part).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /parˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: par‧tì‧re
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Verb

partìre (first-person singular present pàrto, first-person singular past historic partìi, past participle partìto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to depart; to leave; to set forth
    Synonyms: allontanarsi, andarsene, assentarsi, muoversi, avviarsi
  2. to get moving; to seize on (a task); to go for
    Synonyms: prendere il via, mettersi in movimento
    i soldati partirono all'attacco
    the soldiers seized on the attack
  3. to start (initiate a vehicle)
    Synonyms: avviarsi, mettersi in funzione
    l'auto non partethe car is not starting
  4. to begin; to start
    Synonyms: iniziare, cominciare, decorrere; see also Thesaurus:iniziare
    a partire da domanistarting tomorrow
    iniziamo la storia partendo dal lunedì
    let's begin the story by starting on Monday
  5. to jump or fly away, take off
    Synonyms: uscire, scappare, schizzare
    il tappo del spumante partì di soprassalto
    the champagne cork jumped away suddenly
    L'aero parte alle 10
    The plane takes off at 10
  6. to originate or be derived
    Synonyms: derivare, provenire, avere origine
    la nuova teoria parte da solide premesse
    the new theory originates from solid premises
  7. to be emitted (of a voice, yell, etc.)
    un'urla partì dal assembramento
    a yell was emitted from the gathering (of people)
  8. to branch out
    dalla piazza partono quattro strade
    four streets branch out from the piazza
  9. (informal) to lose control of oneself, especially because of alcohol
    Synonyms: perdere il controllo, ubriacarsi
  10. (informal, by extension) to fall in love
    Synonym: innamorarsi
  11. (informal) to break (of a mechanism, etc.)
    Synonyms: rompersi, guastarsi

Conjugation

Verb

partìre (first-person singular present partìsco, first-person singular past historic partìi, past participle partìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, literary)

  1. to divide; to cut; to separate
    Synonyms: dividere, tagliare, separare
  2. to share, subdivide among several people
    Synonym: condividere
  3. to run through (of geographic entities)
  4. (archaic) to draw further away
    Synonym: allontanare
  5. (archaic) to separate (the opposing parties in a fight or battle)
  6. (archaic) to disunite, to sow discord in

Conjugation

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Latin

Verb

partīre

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