prepotere

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Italian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ potere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.poˈte.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: pre‧po‧té‧re

Verb

prepotére (first-person singular present prepòsso, first-person singular past historic prepotéi or (less common) prepotétti or (ditto, traditional) prepotètti, past participle prepotùto, first-person singular future prepotrò, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to exercise excessive power or influence; to be a bully

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prepotére (-ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive prepotére
auxiliary verb avére gerund prepotèndo
present participle prepotènte past participle prepotùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present prepòsso prepuòi prepuò1 prepossiàmo prepotéte prepòssono
imperfect prepotévo prepotévi prepotéva prepotevàmo prepotevàte prepotévano
past historic prepotéi, prepotétti2, prepotètti2,3 prepotésti prepoté, prepotétte2, prepotètte2,3 prepotémmo prepotéste prepotérono, prepotéttero2, prepotèttero2,3
future prepotrò prepotrài prepotrà prepotrémo prepotréte prepotrànno
conditional prepotrèi prepotrésti prepotrèbbe, prepotrébbe prepotrémmo prepotréste prepotrèbbero, prepotrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present prepòssa prepòssa prepòssa prepossiàmo prepossiàte prepòssano
imperfect prepotéssi prepotéssi prepotésse prepotéssimo prepotéste prepotéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2Less common.
3Traditional.

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