desiderare

Italian

Alternative forms

• disiderare (archaic or obsolete)

Etymology

From an alteration of the older disiderare, from Latin dēsīderāre, present active infinitive of dēsīderō (“long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”). Doublet of desirare, taken from Old Occitan.

Verb

desiderare

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

Synonyms

• volere

Derived terms

Derived terms

• desiderabile
• desiderata

• desiderativo
• desiderio

Anagrams

• desidererà
• diseredare
• diserederà

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēsīderāre

1. present active infinitive of dēsīderō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of dēsīderō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of dēsīderō