scendere

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Italian

Etymology

From a reduction of the prefix in discendere, from Latin dēscendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃen.de.re/, */ˈʃɛn.de.re/
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  • Rhymes: -endere, -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: scén‧de‧re, scèn‧de‧re

Verb

scéndere or scèndere (first-person singular present scéndo or scèndo, first-person singular past historic scési, past participle scéso, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) to go (all the way) down, come (all the way) down (the stairs)
    scendere le scale ― to go down the stairs
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) to climb (all the way) down (a ladder)
    scendere la scala ― to climb down the ladder
  3. (intransitive) to descend, move downward; go down
    scendere (al piano di sotto) ― to go downstairs
    scendere in città ― to go into the city; go to town
    scendere in piazza ― to take to the streets (in protest)
  4. (intransitive) to climb down from, come down from
    Synonym: discendere
    scendere dall'albero ― to come down from the tree
  5. (intransitive) to get out of (bed)
    scendere dal letto ― to get out of bed
  6. (intransitive) to get off; get out of; disembark from; alight
    Synonyms: discendere, smontare
    scendere dal treno ― to get off the train
    scendere dalla macchina ― to get out of the car
  7. (intransitive) to flow down, run down, descend (of a river)
  8. (intransitive) to fall (to the ground) (of rain)
    Synonyms: cadere, precipitare
  9. (intransitive) to drop, fall, go down (of levels, temperature)
    Synonyms: cadere, calare, diminuire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scéndere or scèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scéndere, scèndere
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund scendèndo
present participle scendènte past participle scéso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scéndo, scèndo scéndi, scèndi scénde, scènde scendiàmo scendéte scéndono, scèndono
imperfect scendévo scendévi scendéva scendevàmo scendevàte scendévano
past historic scési scendésti scése scendémmo scendéste scésero
future scenderò scenderài scenderà scenderémo scenderéte scenderànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scenderèi scenderésti scenderèbbe, scenderébbe scenderémmo scenderéste scenderèbbero, scenderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scénda, scènda scénda, scènda scénda, scènda scendiàmo scendiàte scéndano, scèndano
imperfect scendéssi scendéssi scendésse scendéssimo scendéste scendéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scéndi, scèndi scénda, scènda scendiàmo scendéte scéndano, scèndano
negative imperative non scéndere, non scèndere non scénda, non scènda non scendiàmo non scendéte non scéndano, non scèndano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

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References

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