ruspare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruspāre (“to scrounge, search”). First attested in 1561.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rusˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ru‧spà‧re

Verb

ruspàre (first-person singular present rùspo, first-person singular past historic ruspài, past participle ruspàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to scratch, to scrabble, to peck about (in search of food; of poultry) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to rake the ground looking for chestnuts after a harvest [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive) to bulldoze, to work (land, a field, etc.) using a bulldozer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruspàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ruspàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund ruspàndo
present participle ruspànte past participle ruspàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rùspo rùspi rùspa ruspiàmo ruspàte rùspano
imperfect ruspàvo ruspàvi ruspàva ruspavàmo ruspavàte ruspàvano
past historic ruspài ruspàsti ruspò ruspàmmo ruspàste ruspàrono
future rusperò rusperài rusperà rusperémo rusperéte rusperànno
conditional rusperèi rusperésti rusperèbbe, rusperébbe rusperémmo rusperéste rusperèbbero, rusperébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rùspi rùspi rùspi ruspiàmo ruspiàte rùspino
imperfect ruspàssi ruspàssi ruspàsse ruspàssimo ruspàste ruspàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rùspa rùspi ruspiàmo ruspàte rùspino
negative imperative non ruspàre non rùspi non ruspiàmo non ruspàte non rùspino

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