scemare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exsēmāre, from Latin sēmis (“a half”). Compare Sicilian scimuniri and scimunitu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ʃeˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sce‧mà‧re

Verb

scemàre (first-person singular present scémo, first-person singular past historic scemài, past participle scemàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to decrease, to reduce, to diminish
  2. (transitive, regional) to draw off a bit of wine from (a barrel, flask, etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to decrease, to diminish, to wane, to subside
    Synonyms: diminuire, ridurre; see also Thesaurus:indebolire
    scemare di peso ― to diminish in weight
    • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 89:
      La faccenda assunse velocemente le dimensioni di uno scandalo, poi scemò.
      The thing approached the proportions of a scandal, then died away.
      (literally, “The matter quickly assumed the dimensions of a scandal, then diminished.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scemàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scemàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund scemàndo
present participle scemànte past participle scemàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scémo scémi scéma scemiàmo scemàte scémano
imperfect scemàvo scemàvi scemàva scemavàmo scemavàte scemàvano
past historic scemài scemàsti scemò scemàmmo scemàste scemàrono
future scemerò scemerài scemerà scemerémo scemeréte scemerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scemerèi scemerésti scemerèbbe, scemerébbe scemerémmo scemeréste scemerèbbero, scemerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scémi scémi scémi scemiàmo scemiàte scémino
imperfect scemàssi scemàssi scemàsse scemàssimo scemàste scemàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scéma scémi scemiàmo scemàte scémino
negative imperative non scemàre non scémi non scemiàmo non scemàte non scémino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

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