struggere

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Italian

FWOTD – 17 May 2013

Etymology

Clipping of distruggere (“to destroy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrud.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -uddʒere
  • Hyphenation: strùg‧ge‧re

Verb

strùggere (first-person singular present strùggo, first-person singular past historic strùssi, past participle strùtto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, figurative) to consume slowly, causing pain, sadness, etc.
    Synonyms: tormentare, estenuare
    quel pensiero ossessivo lo strugge ― that obsessive thought is consuming him
    • 2000, Enrico Elli, Giuseppe Langella, Studi di letteratura italiana in onore di Francesco Mattesini, Vita e Pensiero, page 629:
      […] («l’anno si strugge in brace e in cenere», Poesie, p. 150), […]
      («the year is consumed in embers and ashes», Poesie, pg. 150),
  2. (rare) to melt
    Synonyms: sciogliere, squagliare, stemperare, disfare, fondere
    • 2012, Carlo Botta, Storia naturale e medica dell’ isola di Corfu’, Nabu Press, page 11:
      […] ; ma essa neve presto si strugge, non potendo resistire al calore di quelle terre orientali.
      ; but this snow melts quickly, unable to resist those oriental lands’ heat.
  3. (archaic) to destroy
    Synonyms: distruggere, eliminare; see also Thesaurus:sradicare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of strùggere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive strùggere
auxiliary verb avére gerund struggèndo
present participle struggènte past participle strùtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present strùggo strùggi strùgge struggiàmo struggéte strùggono
imperfect struggévo struggévi struggéva struggevàmo struggevàte struggévano
past historic strùssi struggésti strùsse struggémmo struggéste strùssero
future struggerò struggerài struggerà struggerémo struggeréte struggerànno
conditional struggerèi struggerésti struggerèbbe, struggerébbe struggerémmo struggeréste struggerèbbero, struggerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present strùgga strùgga strùgga struggiàmo struggiàte strùggano
imperfect struggéssi struggéssi struggésse struggéssimo struggéste struggéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
strùggi strùgga struggiàmo struggéte strùggano
negative imperative non strùggere non strùgga non struggiàmo non struggéte non strùggano

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