soddisfare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin satisfacere. Once the first element satis (enough) had been lost as an independent word, the verb was remodelled according to the Italian prefixes so- and dis-, as if derived from a Latin *sub-dis-facere. Doublet of satisfare, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sod.disˈfa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sod‧di‧sfà‧re

Verb

soddisfàre (first-person singular present (now less common) soddisfàccio or (archaic or Tuscan) soddisfò or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddìsfo, first-person singular past historic soddisféci, past participle soddisfàtto, first-person singular imperfect soddisfacévo, first-person singular future (now less common) soddisfarò or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddisferò, first-person singular subjunctive (now less common) soddisfàccia or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddìsfi, second-person singular imperative (now less common) soddisfài or (ditto) soddisfà' or (sometimes proscribed, now more common) soddìsfa, auxiliary avére)

  1. (ambitransitive) to satisfy [auxiliary avere]
  2. (ambitransitive) to fulfil/fulfill, to execute [auxiliary avere]
  3. (ambitransitive) to please or pleasure sexually [auxiliary avere]

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