spoppare

Italian

Etymology

From s- (privative prefix) +‎ poppa (“breast”) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spopˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spop‧pà‧re

Verb

spoppàre (first-person singular present spóppo, first-person singular past historic spoppài, past participle spoppàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, uncommon)

  1. to wean (cease giving breast milk to)
    Synonyms: divezzare, (familiar) slattare, svezzare
  2. (figurative, rare) to educate, to civilize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of spoppàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive spoppàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund spoppàndo
present participle spoppànte past participle spoppàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present spóppo spóppi spóppa spoppiàmo spoppàte spóppano
imperfect spoppàvo spoppàvi spoppàva spoppavàmo spoppavàte spoppàvano
past historic spoppài spoppàsti spoppò spoppàmmo spoppàste spoppàrono
future spopperò spopperài spopperà spopperémo spopperéte spopperànno
conditional spopperèi spopperésti spopperèbbe, spopperébbe spopperémmo spopperéste spopperèbbero, spopperébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present spóppi spóppi spóppi spoppiàmo spoppiàte spóppino
imperfect spoppàssi spoppàssi spoppàsse spoppàssimo spoppàste spoppàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
spóppa spóppi spoppiàmo spoppàte spóppino
negative imperative non spoppàre non spóppi non spoppiàmo non spoppàte non spóppino

Further reading

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

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