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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁es-",
"4": "*bʰuH-",
"5": "*steh₂-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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{
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},
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{
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"3": "essere",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
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"tr": "",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "la-eme",
"3": "essere"
},
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"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
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"3": "sum",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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},
{
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"present",
"singular"
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{
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"historic",
"past",
"singular"
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{
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"past"
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{
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"imperfect",
"singular"
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{
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"first-person",
"future",
"singular"
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{
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"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
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{
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
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"singular"
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{
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{
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"table-tags"
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{
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
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"plural",
"present",
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
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"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarò",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarài",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarànno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"conditional",
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarébbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "sarèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "sarébbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fósse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "essèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "sèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "essènte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "ènte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "stàto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "essùto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sùto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "è",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"regional"
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},
{
"form": "siéte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sète",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"regional",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"imperfect",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"literary",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "èri",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èra",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èrano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
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"name": "Italian verbs ending in -ere",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian verbs with irregular imperfect indicative",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 11 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 7 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian verbs with irregular imperfect subjunctive",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 2 1 1 1 3 5 11 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 8 7 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian verbs with irregular past historic",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 2 1 1 1 4 5 11 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 7 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian verbs with irregular present indicative",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 2 1 1 1 4 5 11 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 7 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian verbs with irregular present subjunctive",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He is loved by her.",
"text": "Lui è amato da lei.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She had been loved by him.",
"text": "Lei era stata amata da lui.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) avevo/possedevo\n(io) ero avuto/posseduto\n(io) ero stato avuto/posseduto\nI owned/possessed\nI was owned/possessed\nI had been owned/possessed",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) amavo\n(io) ero amato\n(io) ero stato amato\nI loved\nI was loved\nI had been loved",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (done something); to be in the state of being (done something); See Category:Italian transitive verbs."
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-lwuNpGo9",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"qualifier": "both non-perfect and perfect forms followed by a past participle",
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary, both non-perfect and perfect forms followed by a past participle, used to form the passive forms of transitive verbs) to be (done something); to be in the state of being (done something); See Category:Italian transitive verbs."
],
"raw_tags": [
"used to form the passive forms of transitive verbs"
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "God exists",
"text": "Dio è",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "there are various/many species of roses",
"text": "ci sono varie specie di rose",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "discuss whether there is heaven and hell/heaven and hell exist",
"text": "discutere se vi siano il paradiso e l’inferno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There are many law graduates.",
"text": "Ci sono molti laureati in legge.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "God said: «Let there be light», and the light was.",
"ref": "2008 [c. 600 BCE], chapter 1, in CEI 2008 (Bibbia) [Bible], volume Genesi [Genesis] (religious text, creation myth), line 3:",
"text": "Dio disse: «Sia la luce!». E la luce fu.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Before me existed not created things / if not eternal, […]",
"ref": "1314 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, “III”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Inferno [hell] (allegorical-didactic poem, lyric poetry), lines 7–8:",
"text": "Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create / se non etterne, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The laws exist, but who put its hand on them?",
"ref": "1316 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, “XVI”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Purgatorio [Purgatory] (allegorical-didactic poem), line 97:",
"text": "Le leggi [ci] son, ma chi pon mano ad esse?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] “And then there are some entanglements” / “Some entanglements? What entanglements may exist?” […]",
"ref": "1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “II”, in I Promessi Sposi [The betrothed spouses], 3rd: la Quarantana [the Forty] edition (novel, historical fiction), page 34:",
"text": "[…] “E poi c’è degli imbrogli” / “Degl’imbrogli? Che imbrogli ci può essere?” […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be, to exist (regionally, chiefly in Tuscany, can be found in the singular also when referring to plural subjects)"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-v-QtXoi1",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"exist",
"exist"
]
],
"qualifier": "affirms the existence; the essence in itself; the pure act; affirms the existence; the essence in itself; the pure act",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, absolutive, as predicative verb, affirms the existence, the essence in itself, the pure act, without further determination) to be, to exist (regionally, chiefly in Tuscany, can be found in the singular also when referring to plural subjects)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as predicative verb",
"without further determination"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "esistere"
}
],
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The verb “to be” is itself.",
"text": "Il verbo “essere” è se stesso.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(The) god is (present) everywhere.",
"text": "(L’)iddio è (presente) dappertutto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There were no (present) people along the road.",
"text": "Non c’erano persone lungo la strada.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Are you already here?",
"text": "Siete già qui?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It’s me in person (literally, “It’s me in meat and bones.”)",
"text": "Sono io in carne ed ossa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I am present in person (literally, “I am present in meat and bones.”)",
"text": "Sono presente in carne ed ossa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] let the scene be ready at my return […]",
"ref": "1507–1566, Annibale Caro, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] fate che al mio ritorno la scena sia in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "To be, or not to be, that is the problem: […]",
"ref": "1600–1602, William Shakespeare, Amleto [Hamlet] (Tragedy), atto III, scena V [act III, scene V], line 1:",
"text": "Essere, o non essere, questo è il dilemma: […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] his letters are all in existence […]",
"ref": "1626–1697, Francesco Redi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] le sue lettere son tutte in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] But if you want, prolonging life, to benefit men; find an art in which their sensations and actions are multiplied by number and vigor. […]",
"ref": "14–19 May 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo di un fisico e di un metafisico [Dialogue of a physicist and a metaphysician]”, in Operette morali [Moral operettas] (collection of phylosophical novellas and dialogues), page 66:",
"text": "[…] Ma se tu vuoi, prolungando la vita, giovare agli uomini veramente; trova un’arte per la quale sieno moltiplicate di numero e di gagliardia le sensazioni e le azioni loro. […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] Often, in similar circumstances, the announcement of a thing makes it present. […]",
"ref": "1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “XII”, in I Promessi Sposi [The bethroted spouses], 3rd: la Quarantana [the Forty] edition (novel, historical fiction), page 251:",
"text": "[…] Spesso, in simili circostanze, l’annunzio d’una cosa la fa essere [presente]. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (present)"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-KdoDJIAA",
"links": [
[
"presente",
"presente"
],
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"present",
"present"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, also followed by presente) to be (present)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"followed by presente"
],
"tags": [
"also",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "it is (just/exactly) that way",
"text": "è (proprio) così",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "affirm what (in realty) is not (true)",
"text": "affermare ciò che (in realtà) non è (vero)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "it can not be (true)",
"text": "non può essere (vero)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be true"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb--~jPC7Zc",
"links": [
[
"vero",
"vero#Italian"
],
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"true",
"true"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, also followed by vero) to be true"
],
"raw_tags": [
"followed by vero"
],
"tags": [
"also",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "it had been me (who gave/did something) (which replace the clause l’avevo dato/fatto io)",
"text": "ero stato io (a dare/fare qualcosa)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "it was given/done by me",
"text": "l’avevo dato/fatto io",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-CvEgfuq9",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, used to replace action verbs) to be"
],
"raw_tags": [
"used to replace action verbs"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "today (the weather/it) is lovely",
"text": "oggi (c’)è bel tempo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "today (the climate/it) is cold/hot",
"text": "oggi (il clima) è freddo/caldo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "today (the sky/it) is already dark",
"text": "oggi (il cielo) è già buio",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-CvEgfuq91",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, impersonal, used to indicate a situation) to be"
],
"raw_tags": [
"used to indicate a situation"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It is to you who I address (my speech).",
"text": "È a te che mi rivolgo.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It is to you who I address my speech.",
"text": "È a te che rivolgo il mio discorso.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It is for this reason that I insist.",
"text": "È per questo che insisto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "When will we meet again?",
"text": "Quand’è che ci rivedremo?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-CvEgfuq91",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, impersonal, used to emphasize) to be"
],
"raw_tags": [
"used to emphasize"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[…] Fame of them the world does not let exist; / mercy and justice disdains them: / do not reason about them, but look and pass.” […]",
"ref": "1314 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, quoting Virgilio [Virgil], “III”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Inferno [Hell] (allegorical-didactic poem, lyric poetry), lines 49–51:",
"text": "[…] Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa; / misericordia e giustizia li sdegna: / non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa.” […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to exist"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-n-Jbd-ah",
"links": [
[
"exist",
"exist"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to exist"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "esistere"
},
{
"word": "sussistere"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the difficulty is/lies/consists in this",
"text": "in questo è la difficoltà",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "true happiness is not/does not consist in money",
"text": "la vera felicità non è nel denaro",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "all his joy is in (the) work",
"text": "tutta la sua gioia è nel lavoro",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be, to consist, to stay, to lay"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-~tWrqOUI",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"consist",
"consist"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
],
[
"lay",
"lay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to be, to consist, to stay, to lay"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "consistere"
},
{
"word": "stare"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "(It lived) once upon a time (and now no longer) […] (literally, “It was once (and now no longer) […]”)",
"text": "C’era una volta (ed ora non più) […]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] You must therefore know that Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, who lived in our city, and maybe still lives there, was, and maybe still is, a man of great and reverend authority in our days […]",
"ref": "1350–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quinta [Fifth day]”, in Decameron or Decamerone [The Decameron] (collection of Novellas), Novella nona [Ninth novella], page 395:",
"text": "[…] Dovete adunque sapere che Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, il quale fu nella nostra cittá, e forse è ancora, uomo di grande e di reverenda autoritá ne’ di nostri, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "He lived. […]",
"ref": "1821, Alessandro Manzoni, Il cinque maggio [The Fifth of May] (poetry, ode), page 689, line 1:",
"text": "Ei fu. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to live"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-ipZlC7B7",
"links": [
[
"live",
"live"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to live"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vivere"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "From where are you?",
"text": "Di dove siete?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He was born/lives in Milan/Naples.",
"text": "Lui/Egli/Esso è di Milano/Napoli.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She was born/lives in Milan/Naples.",
"text": "Lei/Ella/Essa è di Milano/Napoli.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…], and to Jove gave Dardanus his son / Where Troy and Assaracus were born and the fifty / Marriage beds and the kingdom of the Julia people. […]",
"ref": "1808, Niccolò (Ugo) Foscolo, Ippolito Pindemonte, Giovanni Torti, Vincenzo Monti, “Carme di Ugo Foscolo [Solemn Song of Ugo Foscolo]”, in Dei Sepolcri [Of the sepulchres] (poetry), page 12, lines 238–240:",
"text": "[…], ed a Giove diè Dárdano figlio / Onde fur Troja e Assáraco e i cinquanta / Talami e il regno della Giulia gente. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to have life, to have origin"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-7YyUQnwe",
"links": [
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"life",
"life"
],
[
"origin",
"origin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to have life, to have origin"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "avere vita"
},
{
"word": "avere origine"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What (has) happened?",
"text": "Cos’è stato?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What will happen/occur to us?",
"text": "Cosa sarà di noi?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The thing which (has) happened it (has) happened. (literally, “What (has) happened (has) happened.”)",
"text": "Quel che è stato è stato.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…], I sing the audacious enterprises, / which happened at the time the Moors / of Africa passed the sea, […]",
"ref": "1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto primo [First song]”, in Orlando furioso [Furious Orlando] (poetry, chivalric romance), section 1, lines 2–4:",
"text": "[...], l’audaci imprese io canto, / che furo al tempo che passaro i Mori / d’Africa il mare, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] I do not like the things that / could happen but which did not / happened…. […]",
"ref": "1911, Guido Gozzano, “Alle soglie [On the thresholds]”, in I colloqui [The interviews] (poetry), Cocotte, lines 27–29:",
"text": "[…] Non amo che le cose / che potevano essere e non sono / state…. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to occur, to happen, to take place"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-verb-YkFOwS3O",
"links": [
[
"occur",
"occur"
],
[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"take",
"take"
],
[
"place",
"place"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to occur, to happen, to take place"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "avvenire"
},
{
"word": "accadere"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be at home/in the fields/in the office",
"text": "essere in casa/nei campi/in ufficio",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be at home/at school/in the bed",
"text": "essere a casa/a scuola/a letto",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be on the way home",
"text": "essere sulla strada di casa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be on the spot",
"text": "essere sul posto",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in front of someone/something",
"text": "essere davanti a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be behind someone/something",
"text": "essere dietro a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be over someone/something",
"text": "essere sopra a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be under/below someone/something",
"text": "essere sotto a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be inside something",
"text": "essere dentro a qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be outside something",
"text": "essere fuori da qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the door is there",
"text": "la porta è lì",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the hill is to the west",
"text": "la collina è a(d) ovest",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "they were all there waiting for him",
"text": "(loro/essi/esse) erano tutti lì ad aspettarlo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "when I was in college",
"text": "quand’ero in collegio",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in someone’s company",
"text": "essere in compagnia di qualcuno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be among friends",
"text": "essere fra/tra amici",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I’ve (already) been to that city before.",
"text": "Ero già stato in quella città.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The enemy is at the door(s).",
"text": "Il nemico è alle porte.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be at war/peace",
"text": "essere in guerra/pace",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be safe",
"text": "essere al sicuro",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in danger",
"text": "essere in pericolo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in trouble",
"text": "essere nei guai/pasticci",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be (in) true",
"text": "essere nel vero",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be at fault",
"text": "essere in colpa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in error",
"text": "essere in errore",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in the dark about everything",
"text": "essere all’oscuro di tutto",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be under someone’s orders",
"text": "essere agli ordini di qualcuno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be under someone’s domain",
"text": "essere sotto il dominio di qualcuno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be under someone’s protection",
"text": "essere sotto la protezione di qualcuno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in agony",
"text": "essere in agonia",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in mourning",
"text": "essere in lutto",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in sympathy/have hatred for someone",
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"text": "coraggio, ci siamo quasi",
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"text": "(Egli) è sulla quarantina",
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"english": "It’s (from) an hour (ago) that I’m here.",
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"english": "I (had) met him fifteen days ago (literally, “I him had met fifteen days now are.”)",
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"english": "there is more than an hour of walk (still to go)",
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"english": "How many days are there (still) to get to Easter?",
"text": "Quanti giorni ci sono (ancora) per arrivare a Pasqua?",
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{
"english": "[…] And I, who has noticed the colo(u)r / I said: “How will I come, if you fear / that I have the habit to doubt be (of) comfort?”. […]",
"ref": "1314 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, “IV”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Inferno [Hell] (allegorical-didactic poem, lyric poetry), lines 16–18:",
"text": "[…] E io, che del color mi fui accorto, / dissi: “Come verrò, se tu paventi / che suoli al mio dubbiare esser conforto?”. […]",
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"english": "Is there much to wait for?",
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"english": "[…] But their own pens were not from these […]",
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"english": "[…] And for these reason, to what we in disgust or neglect did not fall into what we as an adventure in some way wanting could escape, I do not know if for you it thinks that I think about it: I would judge excellently the fact that we, as we are, as many before us have made and currently do, we go out from this land, and escaping as the die from the dishonest examples, honestly to our places in the countryside, from which each of us (it) is a great copy, we went from there to stay, and there that feast, the joy, that pleasure that we could, without going beyond in any act the limit of reason, we took. […]",
"ref": "1350–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata prima [First day]”, in Decameron or Decamerone [The Decameron] (collection of Novellas), Introduzione [Introduction], page 20:",
"text": "[…] E per ciò, acciò che noi per ischifiltá o per trascutaggine non cadessimo in quello di che noi per avventura per alcuna maniera volendo potremmo scampare, non so se a voi quello se ne parrá che a me ne parrebbe: io giudicherei ottimamente fatto che noi, sì come noi siamo, sì come molti innanzi a noi hanno fatto e fanno, di questa terra uscissimo, e fuggendo come la morte i disonesti esempli degli altri, onestamente a’ nostri luoghi in contado, de’ quali a ciascuna di noi è gran copia, ce n’andassimo a stare, e quivi quella festa, quell’allegrezza, quello piacere che noi potessimo, senza trapassare in alcuno atto il segno della ragione, prendessimo. […]",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"english": "How many are you?",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"english": "[…] In this way, you will properly increase human life, and by filling up those immense intervals of time in which our being is rather lasting than living, you can boast of prolonging it. […]",
"ref": "14–19 May 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo di un fisico e di un metafisico [Dialogue of a physicist and a metaphysician]”, in Operette morali [Moral operettas] (collection of phylosophical novellas and dialogues), page 66:",
"text": "[…] Nel qual modo, accrescerai propriamente la vita umana, ed empiendo quegli smisurati intervalli di tempo nei quali il nostro essere è piuttosto durare che vivere, ti potrai dar vanto di prolungarla. […]",
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"english": "he/she/it/one asked him about his being.",
"text": "(lui/lei/egli/ella/esso/essa/uno/una) gli domandò/chiese dell’esser suo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] the being of the man is very far from that of the beasts […]",
"ref": "1802–1874, Niccolò Tommaseo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] l’essere dell’uomo dista grandemente da quel delle bestie […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"being"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-hVdPoH2u1",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
]
],
"qualifier": "way of being; condition; way of being; condition",
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, way of being, condition, state, in relation to intrinsic qualities and properties, usually accompanied by a determination) being"
],
"raw_tags": [
"accompanied by a determination",
"in relation to intrinsic qualities and properties"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "modo di essere"
},
{
"word": "condizione"
},
{
"word": "stato"
},
{
"word": "essenza"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"state"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "to be in being/to be living (literally, “to found oneself/oneselves in being”)",
"text": "trovarsi in essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] his letters are all in existence […]",
"ref": "1626–1697, Francesco Redi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] le sue lettere son tutte in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"being; living; existence; condition"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-D0OvTqe7",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"living",
"living"
],
[
"existence",
"existence"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, in ancient phrases) being; living; existence; condition"
],
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"idiomatic",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "in good/bad being/conditions",
"text": "in buon/cattivo essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "furniture/house/home in bad conditions",
"text": "mobili/casa in cattivo essere",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"being, condition"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-I7YT2Y0z",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, in ancient phrases) being, condition"
],
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{
"word": "condizione"
}
],
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"idiomatic",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "my grandad/grandfather is always in good conditions/healty/in prosperity",
"text": "mio nonno è sempre in essere",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"being, in good conditions"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-lnYUxZv1",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, in ancient phrases) being, in good conditions"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "buone condizioni"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"_dis": "1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 12 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 8 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 1 7 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 6 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 9 1 9 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 1 1 1 2 3 11 11 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 9 1 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 2 1 1 1 3 4 12 12 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 1 7 7 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 2 1 1 1 3 5 11 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 8 7 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian verbs with irregular past historic",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to have ready",
"text": "avere in essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] let the scene be ready at my return […]",
"ref": "1507–1566, Annibale Caro, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] fate che al mio ritorno la scena sia in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ready"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-sk1tM3Nu",
"links": [
[
"ready",
"ready"
]
],
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"(uncountable, in ancient phrases) ready"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pronto"
}
],
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"idiomatic",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "to put in place/into operation",
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"type": "example"
}
],
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"place, operation"
],
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"links": [
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"operation",
"operation"
]
],
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"(uncountable, in ancient phrases) place, operation"
],
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{
"word": "esercizio"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[…] All natures […] move to different ports / via the great sea of being/god […]",
"ref": "1321 (volume and full book), Dante Alighieri, “I”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Paradiso [Paradise] (allegorical-didactic poem, epic poetry), lines 110, 112–113:",
"text": "[…] Tutte nature […] si muovono a diversi porti / per lo gran mar de l’essere […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"being"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-hVdPoH2u1",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, concrete) being"
],
"tags": [
"concrete",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "it is a despicable being/creature.",
"text": "È un essere spregevole.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"being, creature"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-BirLBhxR",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, concrete) being, creature"
],
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"concrete",
"countable",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The same (living) being/creature",
"text": "Lo stesso essere (vivente)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"living being, creature"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-NbB240LQ",
"links": [
[
"living being",
"living being"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, concrete, by extension) living being, creature"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "essere vivente"
},
{
"word": "creatura"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"concrete",
"countable",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "it",
"name": "Philosophy",
"orig": "it:Philosophy",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"english": "the existence",
"text": "l’esserci",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"existence"
],
"id": "en-essere-it-noun-ImaeONww",
"links": [
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
],
[
"ci",
"ci#Italian"
],
[
"existence",
"existence"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, philosophy, followed by ci) existence"
],
"raw_tags": [
"followed by ci"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "esistenza"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛs.se.re/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛssere"
}
],
"word": "essere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 3-syllable words",
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian irregular verbs",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
"Italian masculine nouns",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian terms derived from Early Medieval Latin",
"Italian terms derived from Latin",
"Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-",
"Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es-",
"Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-",
"Italian terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin",
"Italian terms inherited from Latin",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
"Italian verbs",
"Italian verbs ending in -ere",
"Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary",
"Italian verbs with irregular conditional",
"Italian verbs with irregular future",
"Italian verbs with irregular gerund",
"Italian verbs with irregular imperative",
"Italian verbs with irregular imperfect indicative",
"Italian verbs with irregular imperfect subjunctive",
"Italian verbs with irregular past historic",
"Italian verbs with irregular past participle",
"Italian verbs with irregular present indicative",
"Italian verbs with irregular present participle",
"Italian verbs with irregular present subjunctive",
"Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛssere",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛssere/3 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to be again",
"word": "riessere"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"first-person",
"reflexive",
"singular"
],
"word": "essermi"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"first-person",
"reflexive",
"singular"
],
"word": "essermelo"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"first-person",
"impersonal",
"instrumental",
"lative",
"locative",
"plural",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserci"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"first-person",
"plural",
"reflexive"
],
"word": "essercelo"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"reflexive",
"second-person",
"singular"
],
"word": "esserti"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"reflexive",
"second-person",
"singular"
],
"word": "essertelo"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"impersonal",
"lative",
"plural",
"reflexive",
"second-person",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esservi"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"plural",
"reflexive",
"second-person"
],
"word": "esservelo"
},
{
"tags": [
"impersonal",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
],
"word": "essersi"
},
{
"tags": [
"impersonal",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserselo"
},
{
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular",
"third-person"
],
"word": "essergli"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserglielo"
},
{
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserla"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural",
"singular",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserle"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserli"
},
{
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
],
"word": "esserlo"
},
{
"english": "third-person/impersonal relative form",
"word": "esserne"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁es-",
"4": "*bʰuH-",
"5": "*steh₂-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "la-eme",
"3": "essere",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Early Medieval Latin essere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "la-eme",
"3": "essere"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "la",
"3": "sum",
"4": "esse"
},
"expansion": "Latin esse",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "la",
"3": "sto",
"4": "stātus"
},
"expansion": "Latin stātus",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. The past participle stato is from Latin stātus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "èssere",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fùi",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "stàto",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "èro",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarò",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssi",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìi",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "it-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "essèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "stàto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "è",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "siéte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siète",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"Traditional",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èro",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èra",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eravàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eravàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èrano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fósti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fù",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùmmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fóste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùrono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarò",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarài",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarà",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarémo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "saréte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarànno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarèbbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarébbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarémmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saréste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarébbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "siàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fósse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siàte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìano",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "it-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
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"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "essèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "sèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "essènte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present",
"rare"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "stàto",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "essùto",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sùto",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "è",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"archaic",
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"regional"
]
},
{
"form": "siéte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siète",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sète",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sóno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ènno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"regional",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èmmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èro",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èra",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"literary",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "èra",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eravàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eràmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "èramo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eravàte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eràte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èrano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fósti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fùsti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarà",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fìe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fìano",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"conditional",
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fòra",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"conditional",
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sarèbbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fòra",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"conditional",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarémmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saréste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sarìano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fòro",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"conditional",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "siàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sìano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìeno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"literary",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fùssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fùssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fósse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùsse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fùssimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fùste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "fóssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fùssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìano",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìeno",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"imperative",
"literary",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "èssere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sìa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "siàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sìano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"literary",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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{
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},
"expansion": "èssere (first-person singular present sóno, first-person singular past historic fùi, past participle stàto, first-person singular imperfect èro, first-person singular future sarò, first-person singular subjunctive sìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive fóssi, second-person singular imperative sìi, auxiliary èssere)",
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}
],
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "essere<e\\è\\-,-,stàto:essùtoarchaic:sùtoarchaic.\n presrow:sóno,sèi,è!,siàmo:sémoarchaic or regional,siéte:#siète:sètearchaic,sóno:ènnoarchaic or regional:èmmoarchaic.\n imperfrow:èro:èraarchaic or literary,èri,èra,eravàmo:eràmoarchaic:èramoarchaic,eravàte:eràtearchaic,èrano.\n phisrow:fùi,fósti:fùstiarchaic,fù*,fùmmo,fóste:fùstearchaic,fùrono:fùroarchaic:fórearchaic:fòroarchaic:fuòroarchaic.\n futrow:sarò,sarài,sarà:fìaarchaic:fìearchaic,sarémo,saréte,sarànno:fìanoarchaic:fìenoarchaic.\n condrow:sarèi:sarìaarchaic:fòraarchaic,sarésti,sarèbbe:sarìaarchaic:fòraarchaic,sarémmo,saréste,sarèbbero:sarìanoarchaic:fòroarchaic.\n subrow:sìa,siàmo,siàte,sìano:sìenoliterary.\n impsub:fóssi:fùssiarchaic.\n improw:sìi,siàte.\n ger:essèndo:sèndoarchaic.\n presp:essènterare:èntearchaic\n>"
},
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Italian auxiliary verbs",
"Italian terms with usage examples",
"Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary"
],
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{
"english": "(literally, “Being started and not having stopped yet, he is all now in movement.”)",
"roman": "Being started and not having stopped yet, he is still moving.",
"text": "Essendo partito e non essendosi ancora fermato, lui è tutt’ora in movimento.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) sto\n(io) sono stato\nI stay\nI (have) stayed",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) mi fermo\n(io) mi sono fermato\nI stop me/myself\nI (have) stopped myself",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(tu) ti fermi\n(tu) ti sei fermato\nyou stop yourself\nyou (have) stopped yourself",
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{
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"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(noi) ci fermiamo\n(noi) ci siamo fermati\nwe stop ourselves\nwe (have) stopped ourselves",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(voi) vi fermate\n(voi) vi siete fermati\nyou stop yourselves\nyou (have) stopped yourselves",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(loro/essi/esse) si fermano\n(loro/essi/esse) si sono fermati\nthey stop themselves\nthey (have) stopped themselves",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "accade\nè accaduto\nit happens\nit (has) happened",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) vado\n(io) sono andato\nI go\nI (have) gone",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"qualifier": "the non-perfect forms followed by a past participle",
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{
"english": "He, looking towards the mirror, (had) seen himself.",
"text": "Lui guardando verso lo specchio si era visto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) mi ho\n(io) mi sono avuto\nI have me/myself\nI (have) had me/myself",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "(io) mi faccio […]\n(io) mi sono fatto […]\nI make myself …\nI (have) made myself […]",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"be",
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"english": "He is loved by her.",
"text": "Lui è amato da lei.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She had been loved by him.",
"text": "Lei era stata amata da lui.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "(io) avevo/possedevo\n(io) ero avuto/posseduto\n(io) ero stato avuto/posseduto\nI owned/possessed\nI was owned/possessed\nI had been owned/possessed",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "(io) amavo\n(io) ero amato\n(io) ero stato amato\nI loved\nI was loved\nI had been loved",
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{
"english": "God exists",
"text": "Dio è",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "there are various/many species of roses",
"text": "ci sono varie specie di rose",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "discuss whether there is heaven and hell/heaven and hell exist",
"text": "discutere se vi siano il paradiso e l’inferno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There are many law graduates.",
"text": "Ci sono molti laureati in legge.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "God said: «Let there be light», and the light was.",
"ref": "2008 [c. 600 BCE], chapter 1, in CEI 2008 (Bibbia) [Bible], volume Genesi [Genesis] (religious text, creation myth), line 3:",
"text": "Dio disse: «Sia la luce!». E la luce fu.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Before me existed not created things / if not eternal, […]",
"ref": "1314 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, “III”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Inferno [hell] (allegorical-didactic poem, lyric poetry), lines 7–8:",
"text": "Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create / se non etterne, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The laws exist, but who put its hand on them?",
"ref": "1316 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, “XVI”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Purgatorio [Purgatory] (allegorical-didactic poem), line 97:",
"text": "Le leggi [ci] son, ma chi pon mano ad esse?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] “And then there are some entanglements” / “Some entanglements? What entanglements may exist?” […]",
"ref": "1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “II”, in I Promessi Sposi [The betrothed spouses], 3rd: la Quarantana [the Forty] edition (novel, historical fiction), page 34:",
"text": "[…] “E poi c’è degli imbrogli” / “Degl’imbrogli? Che imbrogli ci può essere?” […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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"exist",
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"word": "esistere"
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"intransitive"
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{
"english": "The verb “to be” is itself.",
"text": "Il verbo “essere” è se stesso.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(The) god is (present) everywhere.",
"text": "(L’)iddio è (presente) dappertutto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There were no (present) people along the road.",
"text": "Non c’erano persone lungo la strada.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Are you already here?",
"text": "Siete già qui?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It’s me in person (literally, “It’s me in meat and bones.”)",
"text": "Sono io in carne ed ossa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I am present in person (literally, “I am present in meat and bones.”)",
"text": "Sono presente in carne ed ossa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] let the scene be ready at my return […]",
"ref": "1507–1566, Annibale Caro, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] fate che al mio ritorno la scena sia in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "To be, or not to be, that is the problem: […]",
"ref": "1600–1602, William Shakespeare, Amleto [Hamlet] (Tragedy), atto III, scena V [act III, scene V], line 1:",
"text": "Essere, o non essere, questo è il dilemma: […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] his letters are all in existence […]",
"ref": "1626–1697, Francesco Redi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] le sue lettere son tutte in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] But if you want, prolonging life, to benefit men; find an art in which their sensations and actions are multiplied by number and vigor. […]",
"ref": "14–19 May 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo di un fisico e di un metafisico [Dialogue of a physicist and a metaphysician]”, in Operette morali [Moral operettas] (collection of phylosophical novellas and dialogues), page 66:",
"text": "[…] Ma se tu vuoi, prolungando la vita, giovare agli uomini veramente; trova un’arte per la quale sieno moltiplicate di numero e di gagliardia le sensazioni e le azioni loro. […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] Often, in similar circumstances, the announcement of a thing makes it present. […]",
"ref": "1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “XII”, in I Promessi Sposi [The bethroted spouses], 3rd: la Quarantana [the Forty] edition (novel, historical fiction), page 251:",
"text": "[…] Spesso, in simili circostanze, l’annunzio d’una cosa la fa essere [presente]. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"english": "it is (just/exactly) that way",
"text": "è (proprio) così",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "affirm what (in realty) is not (true)",
"text": "affermare ciò che (in realtà) non è (vero)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "it can not be (true)",
"text": "non può essere (vero)",
"type": "example"
}
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"true",
"true"
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},
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"english": "it had been me (who gave/did something) (which replace the clause l’avevo dato/fatto io)",
"text": "ero stato io (a dare/fare qualcosa)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "it was given/done by me",
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"type": "example"
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "today (the weather/it) is lovely",
"text": "oggi (c’)è bel tempo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "today (the climate/it) is cold/hot",
"text": "oggi (il clima) è freddo/caldo",
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{
"english": "today (the sky/it) is already dark",
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"type": "example"
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},
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],
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{
"english": "It is to you who I address (my speech).",
"text": "È a te che mi rivolgo.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It is to you who I address my speech.",
"text": "È a te che rivolgo il mio discorso.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It is for this reason that I insist.",
"text": "È per questo che insisto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "When will we meet again?",
"text": "Quand’è che ci rivedremo?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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},
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[…] Fame of them the world does not let exist; / mercy and justice disdains them: / do not reason about them, but look and pass.” […]",
"ref": "1314 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, quoting Virgilio [Virgil], “III”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Inferno [Hell] (allegorical-didactic poem, lyric poetry), lines 49–51:",
"text": "[…] Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa; / misericordia e giustizia li sdegna: / non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa.” […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"exist"
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"word": "sussistere"
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},
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"english": "the difficulty is/lies/consists in this",
"text": "in questo è la difficoltà",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "true happiness is not/does not consist in money",
"text": "la vera felicità non è nel denaro",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "all his joy is in (the) work",
"text": "tutta la sua gioia è nel lavoro",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"word": "consistere"
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"word": "stare"
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},
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"examples": [
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"english": "(It lived) once upon a time (and now no longer) […] (literally, “It was once (and now no longer) […]”)",
"text": "C’era una volta (ed ora non più) […]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] You must therefore know that Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, who lived in our city, and maybe still lives there, was, and maybe still is, a man of great and reverend authority in our days […]",
"ref": "1350–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quinta [Fifth day]”, in Decameron or Decamerone [The Decameron] (collection of Novellas), Novella nona [Ninth novella], page 395:",
"text": "[…] Dovete adunque sapere che Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, il quale fu nella nostra cittá, e forse è ancora, uomo di grande e di reverenda autoritá ne’ di nostri, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "He lived. […]",
"ref": "1821, Alessandro Manzoni, Il cinque maggio [The Fifth of May] (poetry, ode), page 689, line 1:",
"text": "Ei fu. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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"live",
"live"
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],
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"(intransitive) to live"
],
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"word": "vivere"
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],
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]
},
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"Italian terms with quotations",
"Italian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "From where are you?",
"text": "Di dove siete?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He was born/lives in Milan/Naples.",
"text": "Lui/Egli/Esso è di Milano/Napoli.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She was born/lives in Milan/Naples.",
"text": "Lei/Ella/Essa è di Milano/Napoli.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…], and to Jove gave Dardanus his son / Where Troy and Assaracus were born and the fifty / Marriage beds and the kingdom of the Julia people. […]",
"ref": "1808, Niccolò (Ugo) Foscolo, Ippolito Pindemonte, Giovanni Torti, Vincenzo Monti, “Carme di Ugo Foscolo [Solemn Song of Ugo Foscolo]”, in Dei Sepolcri [Of the sepulchres] (poetry), page 12, lines 238–240:",
"text": "[…], ed a Giove diè Dárdano figlio / Onde fur Troja e Assáraco e i cinquanta / Talami e il regno della Giulia gente. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"have"
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"life",
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"origin",
"origin"
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"word": "avere origine"
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},
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{
"english": "What (has) happened?",
"text": "Cos’è stato?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What will happen/occur to us?",
"text": "Cosa sarà di noi?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The thing which (has) happened it (has) happened. (literally, “What (has) happened (has) happened.”)",
"text": "Quel che è stato è stato.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…], I sing the audacious enterprises, / which happened at the time the Moors / of Africa passed the sea, […]",
"ref": "1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto primo [First song]”, in Orlando furioso [Furious Orlando] (poetry, chivalric romance), section 1, lines 2–4:",
"text": "[...], l’audaci imprese io canto, / che furo al tempo che passaro i Mori / d’Africa il mare, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[…] I do not like the things that / could happen but which did not / happened…. […]",
"ref": "1911, Guido Gozzano, “Alle soglie [On the thresholds]”, in I colloqui [The interviews] (poetry), Cocotte, lines 27–29:",
"text": "[…] Non amo che le cose / che potevano essere e non sono / state…. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to occur, to happen, to take place"
],
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"occur",
"occur"
],
[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"take",
"take"
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[
"place",
"place"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
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"word": "avvenire"
},
{
"word": "accadere"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
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"Italian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be at home/in the fields/in the office",
"text": "essere in casa/nei campi/in ufficio",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be at home/at school/in the bed",
"text": "essere a casa/a scuola/a letto",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be on the way home",
"text": "essere sulla strada di casa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be on the spot",
"text": "essere sul posto",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in front of someone/something",
"text": "essere davanti a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be behind someone/something",
"text": "essere dietro a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be over someone/something",
"text": "essere sopra a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be under/below someone/something",
"text": "essere sotto a qualcuno/qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be inside something",
"text": "essere dentro a qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be outside something",
"text": "essere fuori da qualcosa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the door is there",
"text": "la porta è lì",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the hill is to the west",
"text": "la collina è a(d) ovest",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "they were all there waiting for him",
"text": "(loro/essi/esse) erano tutti lì ad aspettarlo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "when I was in college",
"text": "quand’ero in collegio",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be in someone’s company",
"text": "essere in compagnia di qualcuno",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to be among friends",
"text": "essere fra/tra amici",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I’ve (already) been to that city before.",
"text": "Ero già stato in quella città.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The enemy is at the door(s).",
"text": "Il nemico è alle porte.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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{
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"text": "essere al sicuro",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"english": "From here to the town there should be at least six miles.",
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"english": "there is more than an hour of walk (still to go)",
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"english": "How many days are there (still) to get to Easter?",
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"english": "[…] And I, who has noticed the colo(u)r / I said: “How will I come, if you fear / that I have the habit to doubt be (of) comfort?”. […]",
"ref": "1314 (volume), 1321 (full book), Dante Alighieri, “IV”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Inferno [Hell] (allegorical-didactic poem, lyric poetry), lines 16–18:",
"text": "[…] E io, che del color mi fui accorto, / dissi: “Come verrò, se tu paventi / che suoli al mio dubbiare esser conforto?”. […]",
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"english": "[…] And for these reason, to what we in disgust or neglect did not fall into what we as an adventure in some way wanting could escape, I do not know if for you it thinks that I think about it: I would judge excellently the fact that we, as we are, as many before us have made and currently do, we go out from this land, and escaping as the die from the dishonest examples, honestly to our places in the countryside, from which each of us (it) is a great copy, we went from there to stay, and there that feast, the joy, that pleasure that we could, without going beyond in any act the limit of reason, we took. […]",
"ref": "1350–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata prima [First day]”, in Decameron or Decamerone [The Decameron] (collection of Novellas), Introduzione [Introduction], page 20:",
"text": "[…] E per ciò, acciò che noi per ischifiltá o per trascutaggine non cadessimo in quello di che noi per avventura per alcuna maniera volendo potremmo scampare, non so se a voi quello se ne parrá che a me ne parrebbe: io giudicherei ottimamente fatto che noi, sì come noi siamo, sì come molti innanzi a noi hanno fatto e fanno, di questa terra uscissimo, e fuggendo come la morte i disonesti esempli degli altri, onestamente a’ nostri luoghi in contado, de’ quali a ciascuna di noi è gran copia, ce n’andassimo a stare, e quivi quella festa, quell’allegrezza, quello piacere che noi potessimo, senza trapassare in alcuno atto il segno della ragione, prendessimo. […]",
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"english": "[…] In this way, you will properly increase human life, and by filling up those immense intervals of time in which our being is rather lasting than living, you can boast of prolonging it. […]",
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"qualifier": "the act/fact of exist; existence; life; the act/fact of exist; existence; life",
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"tags": [
"countable"
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"word": "esistenza"
},
{
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"word": "vita"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"noun-from-verb",
"uncountable"
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"english": "to know a person/a thing/a fact in its true being",
"text": "conoscere una persona/una cosa/un fatto nel suo vero essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "he/she/it/one asked him about his being.",
"text": "(lui/lei/egli/ella/esso/essa/uno/una) gli domandò/chiese dell’esser suo",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] the being of the man is very far from that of the beasts […]",
"ref": "1802–1874, Niccolò Tommaseo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] l’essere dell’uomo dista grandemente da quel delle bestie […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"word": "modo di essere"
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{
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},
{
"word": "stato"
},
{
"word": "essenza"
}
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"uncountable",
"usually"
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"topics": [
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"english": "to be in being/to be living (literally, “to found oneself/oneselves in being”)",
"text": "trovarsi in essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] his letters are all in existence […]",
"ref": "1626–1697, Francesco Redi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] le sue lettere son tutte in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
}
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"masculine",
"uncountable"
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"english": "in good/bad being/conditions",
"text": "in buon/cattivo essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "furniture/house/home in bad conditions",
"text": "mobili/casa in cattivo essere",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"being, condition"
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"being",
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"(uncountable, in ancient phrases) being, condition"
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"masculine",
"uncountable"
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{
"english": "my grandad/grandfather is always in good conditions/healty/in prosperity",
"text": "mio nonno è sempre in essere",
"type": "example"
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"being, in good conditions"
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[
"being",
"being"
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"good",
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"condition",
"condition"
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"masculine",
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"english": "to have ready",
"text": "avere in essere",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] let the scene be ready at my return […]",
"ref": "1507–1566, Annibale Caro, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "[…] fate che al mio ritorno la scena sia in essere […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ready"
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"word": "pronto"
}
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"masculine",
"uncountable"
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},
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"Italian uncountable nouns"
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"examples": [
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"english": "to put in place/into operation",
"text": "porre in essere",
"type": "example"
}
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"place",
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"operation",
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"word": "esercizio"
}
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"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
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"Italian uncountable nouns"
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"english": "[…] All natures […] move to different ports / via the great sea of being/god […]",
"ref": "1321 (volume and full book), Dante Alighieri, “I”, in Divina Commedia [Divine Commedy], volume Paradiso [Paradise] (allegorical-didactic poem, epic poetry), lines 110, 112–113:",
"text": "[…] Tutte nature […] si muovono a diversi porti / per lo gran mar de l’essere […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"being"
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"being",
"being"
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"masculine",
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"Italian terms with usage examples"
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"english": "it is a despicable being/creature.",
"text": "È un essere spregevole.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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[
"being",
"being"
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"countable",
"masculine"
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"Italian terms with usage examples"
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"english": "The same (living) being/creature",
"text": "Lo stesso essere (vivente)",
"type": "example"
}
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"word": "essere vivente"
},
{
"word": "creatura"
}
],
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"concrete",
"countable",
"masculine"
]
},
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"categories": [
"Italian terms with usage examples",
"Italian uncountable nouns",
"it:Philosophy"
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{
"english": "the existence",
"text": "l’esserci",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"existence"
],
"links": [
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"philosophy",
"philosophy"
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"ci#Italian"
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[
"existence",
"existence"
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],
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],
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{
"word": "esistenza"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛs.se.re/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛssere"
}
],
"word": "essere"
}
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