benvolere

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ben.voˈle.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ben‧vo‧lé‧re

Verb

benvolére (no present, no past historic, past participle benvolùto, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to respect, to appreciate, to like
    farsi benvolere da qualcuno ― to endear oneself to someone (literally, “to make oneself liked by someone”)
    prendere a benvolere qualcuno ― to take a liking to someone
    essere benvoluto ― to be liked

Conjugation

  • Highly defective; only found in the infinitive and past participle.
    Conjugation of benvolére (-ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive benvolére
auxiliary verb avére gerund —
present participle — past participle benvolùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Derived terms

  • farsi benvolere
  • prendere a benvolere

Anagrams

  • voler bene
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