perdono

See also: perdonó and perdonò

Catalan

Verb

perdono

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perdonar

Italian

Etymology 1

Deverbal from perdonare (to forgive) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈdo.no/
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Hyphenation: per‧dó‧no

Noun

perdono m (plural perdoni)

  1. forgiveness, pardon
    Synonyms: (archaic) perdonamento, (archaic) perdonanza
Derived terms

Further reading

  • perdono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈdo.no/
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Hyphenation: per‧dó‧no

Verb

perdono

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perdonare

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.do.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrdono
  • Hyphenation: pèr‧do‧no

Verb

perdono

  1. third-person plural present indicative of perdere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ dōnō. Attested between 350 and 500 CE in Romulus[1][2] and numerous sources thereafter.[3] Possibly calqued into Proto-Germanic as *fragebaną, or vice-versa.

Verb

perdōnō (present infinitive perdōnāre, perfect active perdōnāvī, supine perdōnātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. to concede
  2. to grant
  3. to remit
  4. to relinquish
  5. to pardon, forgive
    Synonyms: ignōscō, parcō, āmittō, remittō, dōnō, dīmittō, condōnō
  6. to give
  7. to donate

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: perdonare
    • Dalmatian: pardonar
    • Sicilian: pirdunari
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
    • Piedmontese: përdoné, përdon
    • Romansch: perdunar
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pĕrdōnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 231
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “donar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 515
  3. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “perdonare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 786

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

perdono

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perdonar