scandire

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scandō (“to climb, ascend”), from *skend- (“to jump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skanˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: scan‧dì‧re

Verb

scandìre (first-person singular present scandìsco, first-person singular past historic scandìi, past participle scandìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to articulate (to pronounce clearly)
    Synonyms: sillabare, articolare, staccare, accentare, accentuare
    • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 96:
      Scandì bene le parole, annuendo con un sorriso.
      He lifted up the words and nodded at them, with his smile.
      (literally, “He articulated the words well, nodding with a smile.”)
  2. to mark the (passage of time) at regular intervals
    la giornata è stata scandita da una serie di impegni
    the day was marked by a series of commitments
  3. (poetry) to scan (to mark to show meter)
  4. (informal, computing) to scan (to create a digital copy)
    Synonyms: scannerizzare, scansionare, scannare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scandìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scandìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund scandèndo
present participle scandènte past participle scandìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scandìsco scandìsci scandìsce scandiàmo scandìte scandìscono
imperfect scandìvo scandìvi scandìva scandivàmo scandivàte scandìvano
past historic scandìi scandìsti scandì scandìmmo scandìste scandìrono
future scandirò scandirài scandirà scandirémo scandiréte scandirànno
conditional scandirèi scandirésti scandirèbbe, scandirébbe scandirémmo scandiréste scandirèbbero, scandirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scandìsca scandìsca scandìsca scandiàmo scandiàte scandìscano
imperfect scandìssi scandìssi scandìsse scandìssimo scandìste scandìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scandìsci scandìsca scandiàmo scandìte scandìscano
negative imperative non scandìre non scandìsca non scandiàmo non scandìte non scandìscano

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