slittare

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Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly ultimately from Germanic: compare Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (< Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to be slippery, slide”)). Compare also Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese deslizar. By surface analysis, slitta +‎ -are. Cognate with Piedmontese slité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlitˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: slit‧tà‧re

Verb

slittàre (first-person singular present slìtto, first-person singular past historic slittài, past participle slittàto, auxiliary (in all meanings) avére or (in all meanings except "to sled") èssere) (intransitive)

  1. (rare) to sled, to glide downwards (on a snowy slope, by gravity)
  2. to slide, to slip, to skid (of motor vehicles)
    Synonym: scivolare
  3. to slip (of wheels, pulleys, the clutch, etc.)
  4. (intransitive, economics, finance) to fall in value, to slide (of a currency, stock, etc.)
    Synonyms: ribassare, svalutarsi
  5. to be postponed or put off or
    Synonyms: tardare, essere rimandato; see also Thesaurus:rinviare
    la riunione è slittata di tre giorni
    the meeting has been postponed for three days
  6. (politics, transitive with a or verso or su) to stray from the party line; to deviate from political orthodoxy; to deviate; to diverge
    Synonyms: allontanarsi, deviare, sviare
    slittare verso posizioni reazionarie
    to deviate towards reactionary positions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of slittàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive slittàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund slittàndo
present participle slittànte past participle slittàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present slìtto slìtti slìtta slittiàmo slittàte slìttano
imperfect slittàvo slittàvi slittàva slittavàmo slittavàte slittàvano
past historic slittài slittàsti slittò slittàmmo slittàste slittàrono
future slitterò slitterài slitterà slitterémo slitteréte slitterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present slitterèi slitterésti slitterèbbe, slitterébbe slitterémmo slitteréste slitterèbbero, slitterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present slìtti slìtti slìtti slittiàmo slittiàte slìttino
imperfect slittàssi slittàssi slittàsse slittàssimo slittàste slittàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
slìtta slìtti slittiàmo slittàte slìttino
negative imperative non slittàre non slìtti non slittiàmo non slittàte non slìttino

1In all meanings.
2In all meanings except "to sled".

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