preliare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proeliārī (“to fight”), derived from proelium (“battle, combat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈlja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pre‧lià‧re

Verb

preliàre (first-person singular present prèlio, first-person singular past historic preliài, past participle preliàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, rare, intransitive) to fight
    Synonyms: combattere, lottare, (literary) pugnare
  2. (literary, rare, figurative, intransitive) to quarrel, to fight
    Synonyms: (uncommon) altercare, litigare
    • 1504, Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia‎, published 1553, page 86:
      Hoggi qui non si canta, anzi si prelia,
      Cessate homai per Dio, cessate alquanto
      Today here we do not sing, in fact we fight; stop now, by God, stop right now

Conjugation

    Conjugation of preliàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive preliàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund preliàndo
present participle preliànte past participle preliàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present prèlio prèli prèlia preliàmo preliàte prèliano
imperfect preliàvo preliàvi preliàva preliavàmo preliavàte preliàvano
past historic preliài preliàsti preliò preliàmmo preliàste preliàrono
future prelierò prelierài prelierà prelierémo prelieréte prelierànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present prelierèi prelierésti prelierèbbe, prelierébbe prelierémmo prelieréste prelierèbbero, prelierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present prèli prèli prèli preliàmo preliàte prèlino
imperfect preliàssi preliàssi preliàsse preliàssimo preliàste preliàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
prèlia prèli preliàmo preliàte prèlino
negative imperative non preliàre non prèli non preliàmo non preliàte non prèlino

Further reading

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

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