putire

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pūtīre, from a change in conjugation of Latin pūteō (“to stink”), from Proto-Italic *pūtēō, derived from a form *pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHtós, derived from the root *puH- (“rotten, foul”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tì‧re

Verb

putìre (first-person singular present putìsco or pùto, first-person singular past historic putìi, past participle putìto, auxiliary avére) (literary)

  1. (intransitive) to stink
    Synonyms: (literary) fetere, (jocular) olezzare, puzzare
    Antonyms: odorare, (literary) olezzare, (obsolete, poetic) olire, profumare
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Grandine grossa, acqua tinta e neve
      per l’aere tenebroso si riversa;
      pute la terra che questo riceve.
      Huge hail, and water sombre-hued, and snow, athwart the tenebrous air pour down amain; noisome the earth is, that receives this.
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to be disgusting
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to arouse suspicion

Conjugation

    Conjugation of putìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive putìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund putèndo
present participle putènte past participle putìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present putìsco, pùto putìsci, pùti putìsce, pùte putiàmo putìte putìscono, pùtono
imperfect putìvo putìvi putìva putivàmo putivàte putìvano
past historic putìi putìsti putì putìmmo putìste putìrono
future putirò putirài putirà putirémo putiréte putirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present putirèi putirésti putirèbbe, putirébbe putirémmo putiréste putirèbbero, putirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present putìsca, pùta putìsca, pùta putìsca, pùta putiàmo putiàte putìscano, pùtano
imperfect putìssi putìssi putìsse putìssimo putìste putìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
putìsci, pùti putìsca, pùta putiàmo putìte putìscano, pùtano
negative imperative non putìre non putìsca, non pùta non putiàmo non putìte non putìscano, non pùtano

Further reading

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

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