perdere

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See also: perderé

Italian

Etymology

From Latin perdere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.de.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrdere
  • Hyphenation: pèr‧de‧re

Verb

pèrdere (first-person singular present pèrdo, first-person singular past historic pèrsi or perdétti or (traditional) perdètti or (less common) perdéi, past participle pèrso or perdùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to lose
    perdere il controlloto lose control
  2. to waste
  3. to destroy
  4. to miss, to be late for something

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • perdere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • perdere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

perdēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of perdō

Verb

perdere

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

References

  • perdere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to lose no time: tempus non amittere, perdere
    • (ambiguous) to bring a man to ruin; to destroy: aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dare
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere
    • (ambiguous) to lose hope: spem perdere
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere