mettere
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”). Cognate with Spanish meter, Occitan metre, and English mission.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
méttere (first-person singular present métto, first-person singular past historic mìsi, past participle mésso, auxiliary avere)
- (transitive) to put place lay set
- (transitive) to deposit
- (transitive) to bet wager
- (transitive) to cut (new teeth)
- (transitive) to lead (someone) to (or provoke in them) a certain condition or state of mind; to make (someone) feel; to put or get (someone) (in)
- mettere qualcuno in ansia ― to make someone anxious (literally, “to make someone feel anxious”)
- mettere qualcuno nei guai ― to get someone in trouble
- metterli d'accordo ― to get them to agree (literally, “to put them in agreement”)
- (transitive) to charge (item on sale)
- (intransitive) to give lead onto
- (intransitive) to suppose
- (intransitive) to don; to put on; to draw up
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of mettere
infinitive | mettere | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | mettendo | |||
present participle | mettente | past participle | messo | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | metto | metti | mette | mettiamo | mettete | mettono |
imperfect | mettevo | mettevi | metteva | mettevamo | mettevate | mettevano |
past historic | misi | mettesti | mise | mettemmo | metteste | misero |
future | metterò | metterai | metterà | metteremo | metterete | metteranno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | metterei | metteresti | metterebbe | metteremmo | mettereste | metterebbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | metta | metta | metta | mettiamo | mettiate | mettano |
imperfect | mettessi | mettessi | mettesse | mettessimo | metteste | mettessero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
metti, non mettere | metta | mettiamo | mettete | mettano |
Synonyms[edit]
- (to put): porre
Antonyms[edit]
- (to put): togliere
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mettere
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