servire

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See also: serviré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin servīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /serˈvi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ser‧vì‧re

Verb

servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere)

  1. (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses)
  2. (intransitive) to serve
    servire a due padroni ― to serve two masters
    servire a tavola ― to serve food (literally, “to serve at table”)
  3. to be useful
  4. to be necessary
    mi servono cinque pizze ― I need five pizzas

Conjugation

    Conjugation of servìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive servìre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund servèndo
present participle servènte past participle servìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sèrvo sèrvi sèrve serviàmo servìte sèrvono
imperfect servìvo servìvi servìva servivàmo servivàte servìvano
past historic servìi servìsti servì servìmmo servìste servìrono
future servirò servirài servirà servirémo serviréte servirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present servirèi servirésti servirèbbe, servirébbe servirémmo serviréste servirèbbero, servirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sèrva sèrva sèrva serviàmo serviàte sèrvano
imperfect servìssi servìssi servìsse servìssimo servìste servìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sèrvi sèrva serviàmo servìte sèrvano
negative imperative non servìre non sèrva non serviàmo non servìte non sèrvano

1Transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve".
2In the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary".

Related terms

Further reading

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

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Pronunciation

Verb

servīre

  1. present active infinitive of serviō

Romanian

Etymology

From servi +‎ -re.

Noun

servire f (uncountable)

  1. service

Declension

declension of servire (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) servire servirea
genitive/dative (unei) serviri servirii
vocative servire, servireo
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