putrefare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin putrefaciō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.treˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tre‧fà‧re

Verb

putrefàre (first-person singular present putrefàccio, first-person singular past historic putreféci, past participle putrefàtto, first-person singular imperfect putrefacévo, second-person singular imperative putrefài or putrefà', auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to putrefy, to rot
  2. (transitive, rare) to putrefy, to cause to rot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of putrefàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive putrefàre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund putrefacèndo
present participle putrefacènte past participle putrefàtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present putrefàccio putrefài putrefà3 putrefacciàmo putrefàte putrefànno
imperfect putrefacévo putrefacévi putrefacéva putrefacevàmo putrefacevàte putrefacévano
past historic putreféci putrefacésti putreféce putrefacémmo putrefacéste putrefécero
future putrefarò putrefarài putrefarà putrefarémo putrefaréte putrefarànno
conditional putrefarèi putrefarésti putrefarèbbe, putrefarébbe putrefarémmo putrefaréste putrefarèbbero, putrefarébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present putrefàccia putrefàccia putrefàccia putrefacciàmo putrefacciàte putrefàcciano
imperfect putrefacéssi putrefacéssi putrefacésse putrefacéssimo putrefacéste putrefacéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
putrefài, putrefà' putrefàccia putrefacciàmo putrefàte putrefàcciano
negative imperative non putrefàre non putrefàccia non putrefacciàmo non putrefàte non putrefàcciano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
3With syntactic gemination after the verb.

Further reading

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