scherzare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”). More at scherzo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skerˈt͡sa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scher‧zà‧re

Verb

scherzàre (first-person singular present schérzo, first-person singular past historic scherzài, past participle scherzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to joke, to kid, to jest, to be funny
    Stai scherzando! ― You are joking!
  2. (intransitive, literary) to frolic, to gambol

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scherzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scherzàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund scherzàndo
present participle scherzànte past participle scherzàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present schérzo schérzi schérza scherziàmo scherzàte schérzano
imperfect scherzàvo scherzàvi scherzàva scherzavàmo scherzavàte scherzàvano
past historic scherzài scherzàsti scherzò scherzàmmo scherzàste scherzàrono
future scherzerò scherzerài scherzerà scherzerémo scherzeréte scherzerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scherzerèi scherzerésti scherzerèbbe, scherzerébbe scherzerémmo scherzeréste scherzerèbbero, scherzerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present schérzi schérzi schérzi scherziàmo scherziàte schérzino
imperfect scherzàssi scherzàssi scherzàsse scherzàssimo scherzàste scherzàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
schérza schérzi scherziàmo scherzàte schérzino
negative imperative non scherzàre non schérzi non scherziàmo non scherzàte non schérzino

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