crepare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”).
The informal sense of 'die' is shared with both the French and Romanian cognates crever and crăpa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]crepàre (first-person singular present crèpo, first-person singular past historic crepài, past participle crepàto, auxiliary èssere)
- (intransitive) to crack [auxiliary essere]
- Synonyms: spaccarsi, aprirsi, incrinarsi, fendersi, screpolarsi, rompersi
- to no longer be able to contain or tolerate; to burst [with di or da ‘from (an emotion, sensation, etc.)’] [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, vulgar, often derogatory) to croak, to die (typically of animals) [auxiliary essere]
- Synonyms: morire, schiattare
- Se avete invidia, crepate
- If you are jealous, keel over and die
- (Carlo Goldoni, I Due Gemelli Veneziani)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of crepàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | crepàre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | èssere | gerund | crepàndo | |||
| present participle | crepànte | past participle | crepàto | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | crèpo | crèpi | crèpa | crepiàmo | crepàte | crèpano |
| imperfect | crepàvo | crepàvi | crepàva | crepavàmo | crepavàte | crepàvano |
| past historic | crepài | crepàsti | crepò | crepàmmo | crepàste | crepàrono |
| future | creperò | creperài | creperà | creperémo | creperéte | creperànno |
| conditional | creperèi | creperésti | creperèbbe, creperébbe | creperémmo | creperéste | creperèbbero, creperébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | crèpi | crèpi | crèpi | crepiàmo | crepiàte | crèpino |
| imperfect | crepàssi | crepàssi | crepàsse | crepàssimo | crepàste | crepàssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| crèpa | crèpi | crepiàmo | crepàte | crèpino | ||
| negative imperative | non crepàre | non crèpi | non crepiàmo | non crepàte | non crèpino | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Danish: krepere
- → German: krepieren
- → Dutch: creperen
- → Swedish: krepera
- → Serbo-Croatian: krepati
References
[edit]- ^ used here hyperbolically
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]crepāre
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]crepare
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