soccorrere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin succurrere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sokˈkor.re.re/
• Rhymes: -orrere
• Hyphenation: soc‧cór‧re‧re

Verb

soccórrere (first-person singular present soccórro, first-person singular past historic soccórsi, past participle soccórso, auxiliary avére or (in the literary intransitive meaning "to come to mind") èssere)

1. (transitive) to help, to assist
2. (intransitive, literary) to give help [+ a (object) = to] [auxiliary avere]
3. (intransitive, literary) to come to mind [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soccórrere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	soccórrere
auxiliary verb		avére, èssere1	gerund		soccorrèndo
present participle		soccorrènte	past participle		soccórso
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	soccórro	soccórri	soccórre	soccorriàmo	soccorréte	soccórrono
imperfect	soccorrévo	soccorrévi	soccorréva	soccorrevàmo	soccorrevàte	soccorrévano
past historic	soccórsi	soccorrésti	soccórse	soccorrémmo	soccorréste	soccórsero
future	soccorrerò	soccorrerài	soccorrerà	soccorrerémo	soccorreréte	soccorrerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	soccorrerèi	soccorrerésti	soccorrerèbbe, soccorrerébbe	soccorrerémmo	soccorreréste	soccorrerèbbero, soccorrerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	soccórra	soccórra	soccórra	soccorriàmo	soccorriàte	soccórrano
imperfect	soccorréssi	soccorréssi	soccorrésse	soccorréssimo	soccorréste	soccorréssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		soccórri	soccórra	soccorriàmo	soccorréte	soccórrano
negative imperative		non soccórrere	non soccórra	non soccorriàmo	non soccorréte	non soccórrano

¹In the literary intransitive meaning "to come to mind".

Related terms

• soccorritore
• soccorso
• correre