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 controllo ― to lose control
  2. to waste
  3. to destroy
  4. to miss, to be late for something

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pèrdere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive pèrdere
auxiliary verb avére gerund perdèndo
present participle perdènte past participle pèrso, perdùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present pèrdo pèrdi pèrde perdiàmo perdéte pèrdono
imperfect perdévo perdévi perdéva perdevàmo perdevàte perdévano
past historic pèrsi, perdétti, perdètti1, perdéi2 perdésti pèrse, perdétte, perdètte1, perdé2 perdémmo perdéste pèrsero, perdéttero, perdèttero1, perdérono2
future perderò perderài perderà perderémo perderéte perderànno
conditional perderèi perderésti perderèbbe, perderébbe perderémmo perderéste perderèbbero, perderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present pèrda pèrda pèrda perdiàmo perdiàte pèrdano
imperfect perdéssi perdéssi perdésse perdéssimo perdéste perdéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
pèrdi pèrda perdiàmo perdéte pèrdano
negative imperative non pèrdere non pèrda non perdiàmo non perdéte non pèrdano

1Traditional.
2Less common.

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
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