rosicare

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rōsicāre, frequentative based on Latin rōdere, whence Italian rodere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ro.ziˈka.re/, (traditional) /ro.siˈka.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ro‧si‧cà‧re

Verb

rosicàre (first-person singular present rósico, first-person singular past historic rosicài, past participle rosicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, regional or uncommon) to gnaw, nibble
    Synonym: rosicchiare
  2. (transitive, figurative, humorous) to earn, to gain
    chi non risica non rosica ― nothing ventured, nothing gained (literally, “he who doesn't risk doesn't earn/gnaw”)
  3. (intransitive, regional) to be jealous, to be envious

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rosicàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive rosicàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund rosicàndo
present participle rosicànte past participle rosicàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rósico rósichi rósica rosichiàmo rosicàte rósicano
imperfect rosicàvo rosicàvi rosicàva rosicavàmo rosicavàte rosicàvano
past historic rosicài rosicàsti rosicò rosicàmmo rosicàste rosicàrono
future rosicherò rosicherài rosicherà rosicherémo rosicheréte rosicherànno
conditional rosicherèi rosicherésti rosicherèbbe, rosicherébbe rosicherémmo rosicheréste rosicherèbbero, rosicherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rósichi rósichi rósichi rosichiàmo rosichiàte rósichino
imperfect rosicàssi rosicàssi rosicàsse rosicàssimo rosicàste rosicàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rósica rósichi rosichiàmo rosicàte rósichino
negative imperative non rosicàre non rósichi non rosichiàmo non rosicàte non rósichino

References

  1. ^ rosico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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