improbo

See also: improbó and ímprobo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin improbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.pro.bo/
• Rhymes: -improbo
• Hyphenation: ìm‧pro‧bo

Adjective

improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)

1. hard, laborious (work)
2. (literary) dishonest

Derived terms

• improbità

Further reading

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pro.boː/, [ˈɪmprɔboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pro.bo/, [ˈimprobo]

Etymology 1

From in- (not) +‎ probō.

Verb

improbō (present infinitive improbāre, perfect active improbāvī, supine improbātum); first conjugation

1. I disapprove
2. I blame, condemn, reject

Conjugation

Conjugation of improbō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	improbō	improbās	improbat	improbāmus	improbātis	improbant
	imperfect	improbābam	improbābās	improbābat	improbābāmus	improbābātis	improbābant
	future	improbābō	improbābis	improbābit	improbābimus	improbābitis	improbābunt
	perfect	improbāvī	improbāvistī	improbāvit	improbāvimus	improbāvistis	improbāvērunt, improbāvēre
	pluperfect	improbāveram	improbāverās	improbāverat	improbāverāmus	improbāverātis	improbāverant
	future perfect	improbāverō	improbāveris	improbāverit	improbāverimus	improbāveritis	improbāverint
passive	present	improbor	improbāris, improbāre	improbātur	improbāmur	improbāminī	improbantur
	imperfect	improbābar	improbābāris, improbābāre	improbābātur	improbābāmur	improbābāminī	improbābantur
	future	improbābor	improbāberis, improbābere	improbābitur	improbābimur	improbābiminī	improbābuntur
	perfect	improbātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	improbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	improbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	improbem	improbēs	improbet	improbēmus	improbētis	improbent
	imperfect	improbārem	improbārēs	improbāret	improbārēmus	improbārētis	improbārent
	perfect	improbāverim	improbāverīs	improbāverit	improbāverīmus	improbāverītis	improbāverint
	pluperfect	improbāvissem	improbāvissēs	improbāvisset	improbāvissēmus	improbāvissētis	improbāvissent
passive	present	improber	improbēris, improbēre	improbētur	improbēmur	improbēminī	improbentur
	imperfect	improbārer	improbārēris, improbārēre	improbārētur	improbārēmur	improbārēminī	improbārentur
	perfect	improbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	improbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	improbā	—	—	improbāte	—
	future	—	improbātō	improbātō	—	improbātōte	improbantō
passive	present	—	improbāre	—	—	improbāminī	—
	future	—	improbātor	improbātor	—	—	improbantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		improbāre	improbāvisse	improbātūrum esse	improbārī	improbātum esse	improbātum īrī
participles		improbāns	—	improbātūrus	—	improbātus	improbandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		improbandī	improbandō	improbandum	improbandō	improbātum	improbātū

Derived terms

• improbātiō

Descendants

• → English: improbate
• Portuguese: improbar, improvar
• Spanish: improbar
• Italian: improbare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) improbō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of improbus

References

• “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• improbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)