svernare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zverˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sver‧nà‧re
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- sbernare (obsolete)
Verb
svernàre (first-person singular present svèrno, first-person singular past historic svernài, past participle svernàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to winter, to spend the winter [with in ‘in some location’] [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to hibernate (of animals or buds) [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: ibernare
- (intransitive) to survive the winter [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to winter (troops, horses, etc.), to cause to spend the winter [with in ‘in some location’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of svernàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
- svernare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- svernare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Etymology 2
From s- + vernare (“to bring spring”).
Alternative forms
Verb
svernàre (first-person singular present svèrno, first-person singular past historic svernài, past participle svernàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, intransitive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of svernàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
- svernare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana