splendere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin splendēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsplɛn.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: splèn‧de‧re

Verb

splèndere (first-person singular present splèndo, first-person singular past historic splendétti or (traditional) splendètti, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive) to shine
    Synonym: risplendere

Usage notes

  • The compound tenses and the past participle are rarely used, and are missing entirely per several dictionaries, e.g. Treccani and DOP.
  • brillato can be used as a synonymous replacement for the past participle.

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “Verbi "difficili"”, in Accademia della Crusca, 2009 March 31:Il passato remoto, per alcune persone, prevede doppie forme, ambedue corrette: io splendei/splendetti, tu splendesti, egli splendé/splendette, noi splendemmo, voi splendeste, essi splenderono/splendettero; il participio passato, raro e contemplato solo da alcuni dizionari, è splenduto.

Further reading

  • splendere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • splendere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • splendere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

splendēre

  1. present active infinitive of splendeō