vendesi

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈven.de.si/[1]
  • Rhymes: -endesi
  • Hyphenation: vén‧de‧si

Verb

vendesi

  1. compound of vende, the third-person singular present indicative form of vendere, with si. it gets sold, for sale
    vendesi villa antica con grande parco
    old villa set in a large park for sale

Usage notes

  • Chiefly restricted to signs and announcements. When used with something plural vendonsi is the prescribed form, though due to the lexicalisation of the expression in practice both forms can be seen.[2]

Noun

vendesi m (invariable)

  1. (informal) for-sale sign or announcement

See also

References

  1. ^ vendesi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ Vera Gheno (1 July 2011), “Vendonsi e affittansi... consigli linguistici!”, in accademiadellacrusca.it‎[1], archived from the original on 13 November 2020

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