sminuire

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zmi.nuˈi.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: smi‧nu‧ì‧re

Verb

sminuìre (first-person singular present sminuìsco, first-person singular past historic sminuìi, past participle sminuìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to belittle or slight
  2. (transitive) to diminish or debase
  3. (intransitive, uncommon, literary) to diminish, to lessen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sminuìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive sminuìre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund sminuèndo
present participle sminuènte past participle sminuìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sminuìsco sminuìsci sminuìsce sminuiàmo sminuìte sminuìscono
imperfect sminuìvo sminuìvi sminuìva sminuivàmo sminuivàte sminuìvano
past historic sminuìi sminuìsti sminuì sminuìmmo sminuìste sminuìrono
future sminuirò sminuirài sminuirà sminuirémo sminuiréte sminuirànno
conditional sminuirèi sminuirésti sminuirèbbe, sminuirébbe sminuirémmo sminuiréste sminuirèbbero, sminuirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sminuìsca sminuìsca sminuìsca sminuiàmo sminuiàte sminuìscano
imperfect sminuìssi sminuìssi sminuìsse sminuìssimo sminuìste sminuìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sminuìsci sminuìsca sminuiàmo sminuìte sminuìscano
negative imperative non sminuìre non sminuìsca non sminuiàmo non sminuìte non sminuìscano

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

References

  1. ^ sminuire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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