ardire

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hardijan (“to harden”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ar‧dì‧re

Verb

ardìre (first-person singular present ardìsco, first-person singular past historic ardìi, past participle ardìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to dare [with infinitive or di (+ infinitive)]
  2. (transitive) to dare (someone to do something)

Usage notes

  • Normally considered defective in the forms that coincide with those of ardere, namely ardiamo (first plural present indicative and subjunctive and first plural imperative), ardiate (second plural present subjunctive), ardente (present participle), ardendo (gerund).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ardìre (-ire; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ardìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund —
present participle — past participle ardìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ardìsco ardìsci ardìsce — ardìte ardìscono
imperfect ardìvo ardìvi ardìva ardivàmo ardivàte ardìvano
past historic ardìi ardìsti ardì ardìmmo ardìste ardìrono
future ardirò ardirài ardirà ardirémo ardiréte ardirànno
conditional ardirèi ardirésti ardirèbbe, ardirébbe ardirémmo ardiréste ardirèbbero, ardirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ardìsca ardìsca ardìsca — — ardìscano
imperfect ardìssi ardìssi ardìsse ardìssimo ardìste ardìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
ardìsci ardìsca — ardìte ardìscano
negative imperative non ardìre non ardìsca — non ardìte non ardìscano

Noun

ardire m (plural ardiri)

  1. daring, boldness
  2. impudence

Anagrams

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