succedere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin succēdere, from sub + cēdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sutˈt͡ʃɛ.de.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛdere
  • Hyphenation: suc‧cè‧de‧re

Verb

succèdere (first-person singular present succèdo, first-person singular past historic succèssi or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedétti or (ditto, traditional) succedètti, past participle succèsso or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedùto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to take the place (of), to succeed (in an office)
    Synonym: subentrare
    Ad Augusto, primo imperatore romano, succedette Tiberio.
    Tiberius succeeded Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
    (literally, “To Augustus succeeded Tiberius.”)
  2. (obsolete) to fall heir to; to be inherited by (of property)
    • […] non avea alcun erede, né a chi legittimamente succedesse il suo
      had no heirs, nor anyone to righfully inherit his
  3. to follow in order; to come after
    Synonym: seguire
    All'alba succede il tramonto.
    Sunset comes after sunrise.
    (literally, “To sunrise succeeds sunset.”)
  4. to be subsequent or consequent (to); to follow
    Synonym: susseguirsi
    A quelle parole successe un putiferio.
    A ruckus followed those words.
    (literally, “To those words succeeded a ruckus.”)
  5. (obsolete) to be able to, to manage to, to be successful in
    Synonym: riuscire
    • Di ferir lui ¶ Non gli successe, ma del grande Acate ¶ Graffiò la coscia lievemente
      He was not able to hurt him, but he lightly scratched the thigh of the great Achates
  6. to happen, to occur, to take place
    Synonyms: accadere, capitare
    Facciamolo succedere. ― Let's make that happen.

Usage notes

  • In the meaning "to happen, occur", the verb can only take successi as the past historic form and successo as the past participle form.
  • In the meaning "to succeed (someone in an office)", the verb normally takes succedetti as the remote past form and succeduto as the past participle form.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of succèdere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive succèdere
auxiliary verb èssere gerund succedèndo
present participle succedènte past participle succèsso, succedùto1
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present succèdo succèdi succède succediàmo succedéte succèdono
imperfect succedévo succedévi succedéva succedevàmo succedevàte succedévano
past historic succèssi, succedétti1, succedètti1,2 succedésti succèsse, succedétte1, succedètte1,2 succedémmo succedéste succèssero, succedéttero1, succedèttero1,2
future succederò succederài succederà succederémo succederéte succederànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present succederèi succederésti succederèbbe, succederébbe succederémmo succederéste succederèbbero, succederébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present succèda succèda succèda succediàmo succediàte succèdano
imperfect succedéssi succedéssi succedésse succedéssimo succedéste succedéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
succèdi succèda succediàmo succedéte succèdano
negative imperative non succèdere non succèda non succediàmo non succedéte non succèdano

1More common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen".
2Traditional.

Related terms

Further reading

  • succedere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • succedere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

succēdēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of succēdō

Verb

succēdere

  1. inflection of succēdō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suk.ˈt͡ʃe.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -edere
  • Hyphenation: suc‧ce‧de‧re

Noun

succedere f (plural succederi)

  1. Alternative form of succedare

Declension

Declension of succedere
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) succedere succederea (niște) succederi succederile
genitive/dative (unei) succederi succederii (unor) succederi succederilor
vocative succedere, succedereo succederilor
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