specchiare

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Italian

Etymology

From specchio (“mirror”) +‎ -are. Cf. also Latin speculārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spekˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spec‧chià‧re

Verb

specchiàre (first-person singular present spècchio, first-person singular past historic specchiài, past participle specchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (literary) to reflect
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) to register (a debtor citizen) in the public register
  3. (archaic or literary) to observe as if in a mirror

Usage notes

  • Most commonly used only in the past participle in the meaning "to reflect".

Conjugation

    Conjugation of specchiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive specchiàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund specchiàndo
present participle specchiànte past participle specchiàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present spècchio spècchi spècchia specchiàmo specchiàte spècchiano
imperfect specchiàvo specchiàvi specchiàva specchiavàmo specchiavàte specchiàvano
past historic specchiài specchiàsti specchiò specchiàmmo specchiàste specchiàrono
future specchierò specchierài specchierà specchierémo specchieréte specchierànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present specchierèi specchierésti specchierèbbe, specchierébbe specchierémmo specchieréste specchierèbbero, specchierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present spècchi spècchi spècchi specchiàmo specchiàte spècchino
imperfect specchiàssi specchiàssi specchiàsse specchiàssimo specchiàste specchiàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
spècchia spècchi specchiàmo specchiàte spècchino
negative imperative non specchiàre non spècchi non specchiàmo non specchiàte non spècchino

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