soddisfare
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin satisfacere.[1] Once the first element satis (“enough”) had been lost as an independent word, the verb was remodelled according to the Italian prefixes so- and dis-, as if derived from a Latin *sub-dis-facere. Doublet of satisfare, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]soddisfàre (first-person singular present (now less common) soddisfàccio or (archaic or Tuscan) soddisfò or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddìsfo, first-person singular past historic soddisféci, past participle soddisfàtto, first-person singular imperfect soddisfacévo, first-person singular future (now less common) soddisfarò or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddisferò, first-person singular subjunctive (now less common) soddisfàccia or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddìsfi, second-person singular imperative (now less common) soddisfài or (ditto) soddisfà' or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddìsfa, auxiliary avére)
- (ambitransitive) to satisfy [auxiliary avere]
- (ambitransitive) to fulfil/fulfill, to execute [auxiliary avere]
- (ambitransitive) to please or pleasure sexually [auxiliary avere]
Usage notes
[edit]- Similarly to disfare, nowadays, this verb is generally conjugated as if it were a regular -are verb in most of its inflection; prescriptively, it should be conjugated like irregular fare with soddis- prefixed.
Conjugation
[edit]1Now less common.
2Archaic or Tuscan.
3Sometimes proscribed, now more common.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “soddisfare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Further reading
[edit]- “soddisfare”, in Sinonimi e Contrari (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2003
- “DISFARE, SODDISFARE”, in La grammatica italiana (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2012
Anagrams
[edit]- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₂-
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
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