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avere

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See also: avéré, averé, avère, and avərə

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbeɾe/ [aˈβ̞e.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -eɾe
  • Syllabification: a‧ve‧re

Verb

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avere

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of averar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of averar

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin habēre.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    avére (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò, first-person singular past historic èbbi or ébbi, past participle avùto, first-person singular future avrò, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia, second-person singular imperative àbbi, auxiliary avére)

    1. (transitive) to have
      Synonyms: possedere, (regional) tenere
      Avevo un'anima. ― I used to have a soul.
      Ho una macchina. ― I have a car.
      Ho diciassette anni.
      I am 17 years old.
      (literally, “I have 17 years.”)
    2. (auxiliary, the non-perfect forms followed by the masculine singular past participle, used to form composite (perfect) tenses in the active and dative conjugations of the transitive verbs) to have (done something); See Category:Italian transitive verbs and Category:Italian reflexive verbs.
      (io) ho fatto/commesso un errore. ― I (have) made a mistake.
      (io) amo
      (io) ho amato
      I love
      I (have) loved
      (io) ti amo
      (io) ti ho amato
      I love you
      I (have) loved you
      (io) ti ho
      (io) ti ho avuto
      I have you
      I (have) had you
      (io) ti faccio [...]
      (io) ti ho fatto [...]
      I make you [...]
      I (have) made you [...]
    3. (impersonal, obsolete and Tuscany, or literary) synonym of esserci: there be
      Alternative forms: avervi, averci
      • c. 1280–1300, anonymous author, “Novella III”, in Carlo Gualteruzzi, editor, Le cento novelle antiche (Il Novellino), Bologna, published 1525; republished as Paolo Antonio Tosi, editor, Le cento novelle antiche [One hundred ancient tales], Milan: publ. Rusconi, 1825:
        Nelle parti di Grecia ebbe un signore che portava corona di re, et avea grande reame, et avea nome Filippo, e per alcuno misfatto tenea un savio greco in pregione.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto IV”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 25-27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Quivi, secondo che per ascoltare,
        non avea pianto mai che di sospiri
        che l’aura etterna facevan tremare;
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 1336, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Libro quarto – Capitolo 77”, in Filocolo; republished as Enzo Quaglio, editor, Filocolo di Giovanni Boccaccio, Milan: publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1998:
        ben sette mesi o più l’ho cercata, e tanto ha che ella ne fu levata
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Usage notes

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    Conjugation

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    Including lesser-used forms:

    Classical Roman Dialect:

    Derived terms

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    Noun

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    avere m (plural averi)

    1. property, substance
    2. (in the plural) belongings
    3. assets
    4. swag

    Descendants

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    • English: average

    Noun

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    avere m (uncountable) (accounting)

    1. credit
      Coordinate term: dare (“debit”)

    References

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    1. ^ “avere” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
    2. ^ Salvator Corticelli (1869), Regole ed osservazzioni della lingua toscana (in Italian), I.25: “io osservo appunto che i Toscani, secondo la maniera franceze, usano avere per essere solamente nelle terze persone, ponendo ancora il singolare di avere per lo plurale di essere”

    Anagrams

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      avēre

      1. present active infinitive of aveō

      Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Verb

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        avēre

        1. present active infinitive of aveō

        Neapolitan

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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          Inherited from Latin habēre.

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          • (Naples) IPA(key): [aˈve(rə)]

          Verb

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          avere

          1. to have, possess
            Synonym: tenere
          2. to have (auxiliary verb)

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          Pali

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          Adjective

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          avere

          1. inflection of avera (“peacable”):
            1. locative singular masculine/neuter
            2. accusative plural masculine
          2. vocative singular feminine of avera (“peaceable”)

          Romanian

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          Etymology

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          From the verb avea (“to have”) +‎ -re.

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          Noun

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          avere f (plural averi)

          1. assets
          2. wealth
            Synonym: bogăție

          Declension

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          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative avere averea averi averile
          genitive-dative averi averii averi averilor
          vocative avere, avereo averilor

          Further reading

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          Spanish

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          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /aˈbeɾe/ [aˈβ̞e.ɾe]
          • Rhymes: -eɾe
          • Syllabification: a‧ve‧re

          Verb

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          avere

          1. inflection of averar:
            1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
            2. third-person singular imperative

          Tarantino

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          Etymology

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          From Latin habēre.

          Verb

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          avere

          1. (transitive) to have
          2. (transitive) to need

          Conjugation

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