schifare

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Italian

Etymology

From schifo (“disgust, loathing”) +‎ -are, from Old French eschiver (“to dread, shun, avoid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skiˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: schi‧fà‧re

Verb

schifàre (first-person singular present schìfo, first-person singular past historic schifài, past participle schifàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to avoid, shy away from
    Synonym: evitare
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) to be reluctant
  3. (transitive) to loathe
    Synonym: disdegnare
  4. (transitive) to disgust, nauseate
    Synonyms: disgustare, nauseare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of schifàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive schifàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund schifàndo
present participle schifànte past participle schifàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present schìfo schìfi schìfa schifiàmo schifàte schìfano
imperfect schifàvo schifàvi schifàva schifavàmo schifavàte schifàvano
past historic schifài schifàsti schifò schifàmmo schifàste schifàrono
future schiferò schiferài schiferà schiferémo schiferéte schiferànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present schiferèi schiferésti schiferèbbe, schiferébbe schiferémmo schiferéste schiferèbbero, schiferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present schìfi schìfi schìfi schifiàmo schifiàte schìfino
imperfect schifàssi schifàssi schifàsse schifàssimo schifàste schifàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
schìfa schìfi schifiàmo schifàte schìfino
negative imperative non schifàre non schìfi non schifiàmo non schifàte non schìfino

Further reading

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

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