scorciare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excurtiāre, from Latin curtus. Compare Catalan escurçar.

Verb

scorciàre (first-person singular present scórcio, first-person singular past historic scorciài, past participle scorciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to shorten
    Synonym: accorciare
  2. (transitive, art) to foreshorten
  3. (transitive, figurative) to portray incisively
  4. (intransitive, rare) to appear foreshortened

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scorciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scorciàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund scorciàndo
present participle scorciànte past participle scorciàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scórcio scórci scórcia scorciàmo scorciàte scórciano
imperfect scorciàvo scorciàvi scorciàva scorciavàmo scorciavàte scorciàvano
past historic scorciài scorciàsti scorciò scorciàmmo scorciàste scorciàrono
future scorcerò scorcerài scorcerà scorcerémo scorceréte scorcerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scorcerèi scorcerésti scorcerèbbe, scorcerébbe scorcerémmo scorceréste scorcerèbbero, scorcerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scórci scórci scórci scorciàmo scorciàte scórcino
imperfect scorciàssi scorciàssi scorciàsse scorciàssimo scorciàste scorciàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scórcia scórci scorciàmo scorciàte scórcino
negative imperative non scorciàre non scórci non scorciàmo non scorciàte non scórcino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excurtiāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

scorciare

  1. to shorten

Derived terms

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “scorciare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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