assumere
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assūmere, from ad- + sūmō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asˈsu.me.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -umere
- Hyphenation: as‧sù‧me‧re
Verb
assùmere (first-person singular present assùmo, first-person singular past historic assùnsi, past participle assùnto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to take on, assume
- (transitive) to employ, hire
- (transitive) to consume
- Synonym: consumare
- È di vitale importanza assumere una quantità di ferro adeguata attraverso l'alimentazione quotidiana.
- It is vitally important to consume adequate amounts of iron in your daily diet.
Conjugation
Conjugation of assùmere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- assumere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
assūmēre
- second-person singular future passive indicative of assūmō
Verb
assūmere
- inflection of assūmō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative