Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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dēsīderāre

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