sgobbare

Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ gobbo (“hunchback”) +‎ -are, from the sense of "to work to the point of becoming a hunchback."[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɡobˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sgob‧bà‧re

Verb

sgobbàre (first-person singular present sgòbbo, first-person singular past historic sgobbài, past participle sgobbàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, informal)

  1. to slog or slave away (work very hard) [auxiliary avere]
  2. to swot or cram [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sgobbàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive sgobbàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund sgobbàndo
present participle sgobbànte past participle sgobbàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sgòbbo sgòbbi sgòbba sgobbiàmo sgobbàte sgòbbano
imperfect sgobbàvo sgobbàvi sgobbàva sgobbavàmo sgobbavàte sgobbàvano
past historic sgobbài sgobbàsti sgobbò sgobbàmmo sgobbàste sgobbàrono
future sgobberò sgobberài sgobberà sgobberémo sgobberéte sgobberànno
conditional sgobberèi sgobberésti sgobberèbbe, sgobberébbe sgobberémmo sgobberéste sgobberèbbero, sgobberébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sgòbbi sgòbbi sgòbbi sgobbiàmo sgobbiàte sgòbbino
imperfect sgobbàssi sgobbàssi sgobbàsse sgobbàssimo sgobbàste sgobbàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sgòbba sgòbbi sgobbiàmo sgobbàte sgòbbino
negative imperative non sgobbàre non sgòbbi non sgobbiàmo non sgobbàte non sgòbbino

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ sgobbare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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