blatero

See also: blaterò

Italian

Verb

blatero

1. first-person singular present indicative of blaterare

Anagrams

• Alberto, bertola, retablo

Latin

Etymology

From an earlier *blat(t)elāre, from blatiō + -lāre.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.te.roː/, [ˈbɫ̪ät̪ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.te.ro/, [ˈbläːt̪ero]

Verb

blaterō (present infinitive blaterāre, perfect active blaterāvī, supine blaterātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to babble, gibber, speak foolishly or in an animalistic manner
2. (of a frog) to croak
3. (of a ram) to bleat

Conjugation

   Conjugation of blaterō (first conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	blaterō		blaterās		blaterat		blaterāmus		blaterātis		blaterant
	imperfect	blaterābam		blaterābās		blaterābat		blaterābāmus		blaterābātis		blaterābant
	future	blaterābō		blaterābis		blaterābit		blaterābimus		blaterābitis		blaterābunt
	perfect	blaterāvī		blaterāvistī		blaterāvit		blaterāvimus		blaterāvistis		blaterāvērunt, blaterāvēre
	pluperfect	blaterāveram		blaterāverās		blaterāverat		blaterāverāmus		blaterāverātis		blaterāverant
	future perfect	blaterāverō		blaterāveris		blaterāverit		blaterāverimus		blaterāveritis		blaterāverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	blaterem		blaterēs		blateret		blaterēmus		blaterētis		blaterent
	imperfect	blaterārem		blaterārēs		blaterāret		blaterārēmus		blaterārētis		blaterārent
	perfect	blaterāverim		blaterāverīs		blaterāverit		blaterāverīmus		blaterāverītis		blaterāverint
	pluperfect	blaterāvissem		blaterāvissēs		blaterāvisset		blaterāvissēmus		blaterāvissētis		blaterāvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		blaterā		—		—		blaterāte		—
	future	—		blaterātō		blaterātō		—		blaterātōte		blaterantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		blaterāre			—			blaterāns			—
future		blaterātūrum esse			—			blaterātūrus			—
perfect		blaterāvisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		blaterātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		blaterandī		blaterandō		blaterandum		blaterandō		blaterātum		blaterātū

Derived terms

• adblaterō
• deblaterō

Descendants

• → French: blatérer
• → Italian: blaterare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: braadar
  • Portuguese: bradar
• → Portuguese: blaterar

Further reading

• “blatero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “blatero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• blatero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.