desiderare

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Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an alteration of the older disiderare, from Latin dēsīderāre (to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret). Doublet of desirare, taken from Old Occitan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /de.zi.deˈra.re/, (traditional) /de.si.deˈra.re/[1]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧si‧de‧rà‧re

Verb[edit]

desideràre (first-person singular present desìdero, first-person singular past historic desiderài, past participle desideràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to wish, to want, to like, to desire, to long
    Synonym: volere

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References[edit]

  1. ^ desidero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /deː.siː.deˈraː.re/, [d̪eːs̠iːd̪ɛˈräːrɛ]

Verb[edit]

dēsīderāre

  1. inflection of dēsīderō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative