volere

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈle.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lé‧re

Verb

volére (first-person singular present vòglio, first-person singular past historic vòlli, past participle volùto, first-person singular future vorrò, second-person singular imperative vògli, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to want

Usage examples

Similarly to dovere, the auxiliary of the verb itself is avere, but it changes according to the auxiliary of the following verb, e.g.:

L'ho voluto mangiare.
I had wanted to eat it.
C'è voluta andare.
She had wanted to go there.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Noun

volere m (plural voleri)

  1. will, wish, desire, want
    Synonym: volontà

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularised from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

Verb

volere

  1. to want

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