seminare

See also: Seminare

Estonian

Noun

seminare

  1. partitive plural of seminar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēmināre (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.miˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

seminàre (first-person singular present sémino, first-person singular past historic seminài, past participle seminàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (also figurative) to sow; to seed
    Synonym: piantare
    seminare il grano ― to sow the grain
    seminare discordia ― to sow [the seeds of] discord
  2. (figurative, by extension) to leave or forget items here and there, messily; to strew
    Synonyms: spargere, disseminare, diffondere, sparpagliare
    ha seminato i suoi vestiti per la stanza
    he left his clothes strewn about the room
  3. (figurative, by extension) to leave behind, covering one's tracks; to shake off
    i ladri sono riusciti a seminare la macchina della polizia
    the thieves were able to leave the police car behind
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Julia, in effetti, non cercava di seminarlo; allungava il passo solo per non averlo accanto.
      She did not actually try to shake him off, but walked at just such a speed as to prevent his keeping abreast of her.
      (literally, “Julia, in effect, was not trying to shake him off; she was lengthening her stride just so that he wouldn't be right beside her.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of seminàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive seminàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund seminàndo
present participle seminànte past participle seminàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sémino sémini sémina seminiàmo seminàte séminano
imperfect seminàvo seminàvi seminàva seminavàmo seminavàte seminàvano
past historic seminài seminàsti seminò seminàmmo seminàste seminàrono
future seminerò seminerài seminerà seminerémo semineréte seminerànno
conditional seminerèi seminerésti seminerèbbe, seminerébbe seminerémmo semineréste seminerèbbero, seminerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sémini sémini sémini seminiàmo seminiàte séminino
imperfect seminàssi seminàssi seminàsse seminàssimo seminàste seminàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sémina sémini seminiàmo seminàte séminino
negative imperative non seminàre non sémini non seminiàmo non seminàte non séminino

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

sēmināre

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