prefiggere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin praefīgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈfid.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -iddʒere
  • Hyphenation: pre‧fìg‧ge‧re

Verb

prefìggere (first-person singular present prefìggo, first-person singular past historic prefìssi, past participle prefìsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to establish in advance; to secure
  2. (linguistics) to prefix
  3. (rare, by extension) to put before or beforehand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prefìggere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive prefìggere
auxiliary verb avére gerund prefiggèndo
present participle prefiggènte past participle prefìsso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present prefìggo prefìggi prefìgge prefiggiàmo prefiggéte prefìggono
imperfect prefiggévo prefiggévi prefiggéva prefiggevàmo prefiggevàte prefiggévano
past historic prefìssi prefiggésti prefìsse prefiggémmo prefiggéste prefìssero
future prefiggerò prefiggerài prefiggerà prefiggerémo prefiggeréte prefiggerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present prefiggerèi prefiggerésti prefiggerèbbe, prefiggerébbe prefiggerémmo prefiggeréste prefiggerèbbero, prefiggerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present prefìgga prefìgga prefìgga prefiggiàmo prefiggiàte prefìggano
imperfect prefiggéssi prefiggéssi prefiggésse prefiggéssimo prefiggéste prefiggéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
prefìggi prefìgga prefiggiàmo prefiggéte prefìggano
negative imperative non prefìggere non prefìgga non prefiggiàmo non prefiggéte non prefìggano

Further reading

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