pestare

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin pistāre (“to pound”), frequentative of pīnsō (“to beat”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pe‧stà‧re

Verb

pestàre (first-person singular present pésto, first-person singular past historic pestài, past participle pestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to crush, to grind, to pound
    Synonym: schiacciare
  2. to trample, to step on, to tread on
    Synonym: calpestare
  3. to beat, to beat up, to bash, to rough up
    Synonym: picchiare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive pestàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund pestàndo
present participle pestànte past participle pestàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present pésto pésti pésta pestiàmo pestàte péstano
imperfect pestàvo pestàvi pestàva pestavàmo pestavàte pestàvano
past historic pestài pestàsti pestò pestàmmo pestàste pestàrono
future pesterò pesterài pesterà pesterémo pesteréte pesterànno
conditional pesterèi pesterésti pesterèbbe, pesterébbe pesterémmo pesteréste pesterèbbero, pesterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present pésti pésti pésti pestiàmo pestiàte péstino
imperfect pestàssi pestàssi pestàsse pestàssimo pestàste pestàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
pésta pésti pestiàmo pestàte péstino
negative imperative non pestàre non pésti non pestiàmo non pestàte non péstino

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pestare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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