scalfire

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Italian

Etymology

Perhaps from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφάομαι (skaripháomai, “to scratch an outline”). Compare French scarifier (“to scarify”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skalˈfi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: scal‧fì‧re

Verb

scalfìre (first-person singular present scalfìsco, first-person singular past historic scalfìi, past participle scalfìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to scratch or graze
  2. (transitive) to touch, affect or hurt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scalfìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scalfìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund scalfèndo
present participle scalfènte past participle scalfìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scalfìsco scalfìsci scalfìsce scalfiàmo scalfìte scalfìscono
imperfect scalfìvo scalfìvi scalfìva scalfivàmo scalfivàte scalfìvano
past historic scalfìi scalfìsti scalfì scalfìmmo scalfìste scalfìrono
future scalfirò scalfirài scalfirà scalfirémo scalfiréte scalfirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scalfirèi scalfirésti scalfirèbbe, scalfirébbe scalfirémmo scalfiréste scalfirèbbero, scalfirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scalfìsca scalfìsca scalfìsca scalfiàmo scalfiàte scalfìscano
imperfect scalfìssi scalfìssi scalfìsse scalfìssimo scalfìste scalfìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scalfìsci scalfìsca scalfiàmo scalfìte scalfìscano
negative imperative non scalfìre non scalfìsca non scalfiàmo non scalfìte non scalfìscano

Further reading

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