sussistere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subsistō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /susˈsis.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -istere
  • Hyphenation: sus‧sì‧ste‧re

Verb

sussìstere (first-person singular present sussìsto, first-person singular past historic sussistétti or (traditional) sussistètti or sussistéi, past participle sussistìto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]

  1. to exist
  2. to be valid

Conjugation

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • sussistere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • sussistere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana