servire
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See also: serviré
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere)
- (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses)
- (intransitive) to serve [with a ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere]
- servire a due padroni ― to serve two masters
- servire a tavola ― to serve food (literally, “to serve at table”)
- to be useful [auxiliary essere]
- to be necessary [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary essere]
- mi servono cinque pizze ― I need five pizzas
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of servìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | servìre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avére1, èssere2 | gerund | servèndo | |||
| present participle | servènte | past participle | servìto | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | sèrvo | sèrvi | sèrve | serviàmo | servìte | sèrvono |
| imperfect | servìvo | servìvi | servìva | servivàmo | servivàte | servìvano |
| past historic | servìi | servìsti | servì | servìmmo | servìste | servìrono |
| future | servirò | servirài | servirà | servirémo | serviréte | servirànno |
| conditional | servirèi | servirésti | servirèbbe, servirébbe | servirémmo | serviréste | servirèbbero, servirébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | sèrva | sèrva | sèrva | serviàmo | serviàte | sèrvano |
| imperfect | servìssi | servìssi | servìsse | servìssimo | servìste | servìssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| sèrvi | sèrva | serviàmo | servìte | sèrvano | ||
| negative imperative | non servìre | non sèrva | non serviàmo | non servìte | non sèrvano | |
1Transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve".
2In the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary".
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- servire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛrˈwiː.rɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [serˈviː.re]
Verb
[edit]servīre
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]servire f (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | servire | servirea |
| genitive-dative | serviri | servirii |
| vocative | servire, servireo | |
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- Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary
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