dare corpo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to give body”. Compare French donner corps.

Verb

dàre corpo (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) dò corpo, first-person singular past historic dièdi corpo or diédi corpo or détti corpo or (traditional) dètti corpo, past participle dàto corpo, first-person singular future darò corpo, first-person singular subjunctive dìa corpo, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi corpo, second-person singular imperative dài corpo or dà' corpo, auxiliary avére)

1. (idiomatic) to give shape [with a ‘to something’]

Related terms

• prendere corpo