vilipendere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vilipendere, from vilis (“base, cheap”) and pendere (“to consider”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.liˈpɛn.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: vi‧li‧pèn‧de‧re

Verb

vilipèndere (first-person singular present vilipèndo, first-person singular past historic vilipési, past participle vilipéso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to despise or scorn or vilipend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vilipèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive vilipèndere
auxiliary verb avére gerund vilipendèndo
present participle vilipendènte past participle vilipéso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present vilipèndo vilipèndi vilipènde vilipendiàmo vilipendéte vilipèndono
imperfect vilipendévo vilipendévi vilipendéva vilipendevàmo vilipendevàte vilipendévano
past historic vilipési vilipendésti vilipése vilipendémmo vilipendéste vilipésero
future vilipenderò vilipenderài vilipenderà vilipenderémo vilipenderéte vilipenderànno
conditional vilipenderèi vilipenderésti vilipenderèbbe, vilipenderébbe vilipenderémmo vilipenderéste vilipenderèbbero, vilipenderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present vilipènda vilipènda vilipènda vilipendiàmo vilipendiàte vilipèndano
imperfect vilipendéssi vilipendéssi vilipendésse vilipendéssimo vilipendéste vilipendéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
vilipèndi vilipènda vilipendiàmo vilipendéte vilipèndano
negative imperative non vilipèndere non vilipènda non vilipendiàmo non vilipendéte non vilipèndano

Further reading

  • vilipendere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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