desirare
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan dezirar, from Latin dēsīderāre (“to want, desire”). Doublet of desiderare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ziˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: de‧si‧rà‧re
Verb
desiràre (first-person singular present desìro, first-person singular past historic desirài, past participle desiràto, auxiliary avére)
- (archaic, poetic, transitive) to wish, desire
- Synonym: desiderare
Conjugation
Conjugation of desiràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
- desirare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana