impellere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impellere (to push). Compare Portuguese impelir, Spanish impeler and English impel, impulse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈpɛl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllere
  • Hyphenation: im‧pèl‧le‧re

Verb

impèllere (no present, first-person singular past historic impùlsi, past participle impùlso, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary or archaic) to impel, to push forcefully

Conjugation

  • Highly defective verb. Used only in the infinitive, past historic, past participle and present participle.

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

impellēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of impellō

Verb

impellere

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