"servire" meaning in Italian

See servire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /serˈvi.re/
Rhymes: -ire Etymology: From Latin servīre. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|servio|servīre}} Latin servīre Head templates: {{it-verb|a􂀿transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve"􂁀:e􂀿in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary"􂁀/@}} servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a􂀿transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve"􂁀:e􂀿in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary"􂁀/@}} Forms: servìre [canonical], sèrvo [first-person, present, singular], servìi [first-person, historic, past, singular], servìto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary, intransitive, transitive], èssere [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], servìre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], èssere [auxiliary], servèndo [gerund], servènte [participle, present], servìto [participle, past], sèrvo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sèrvi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], sèrve [indicative, present, singular, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], servìte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], sèrvono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], servìvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], servìvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], servìva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], servivàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], servivàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], servìvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], servìi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], servìsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], servì [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], servìmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], servìste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], servìrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], servirò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], servirài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], servirà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], servirémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], serviréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], servirànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], servirèi [conditional, first-person, singular], servirésti [conditional, second-person, singular], servirèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], servirébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], servirémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], serviréste [conditional, plural, second-person], servirèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], servirébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], sèrva [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], sèrva [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sèrva [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], serviàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], sèrvano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], servìssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], servìssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], servìsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], servìssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], servìste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], servìssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], sèrvi [imperative, second-person, singular], sèrva [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], servìte [imperative, plural, second-person], sèrvano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], servìre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], sèrva [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], servìte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], sèrvano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses) Tags: also, transitive
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-h3nT6tLn Categories (other): Sports, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ire, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 76 6 6 12 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 65 10 10 14 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ire: 62 12 12 14 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 36 20 20 24 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary: 36 20 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 76 8 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 5 5 6 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (intransitive) to serve [with a ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere] Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb--NGOIdZ-
  3. to be useful [auxiliary essere]
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-238PnNXE
  4. to be necessary [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary essere]
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-FWoKLgPL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: serva, servente, serviente, servile, servirsi, servitore, servitù, servizio, servo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "servèndo",
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      "form": "servènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "servìto",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "sèrve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "sèrvono",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "servìvo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "servìvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "servìva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servivàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servivàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servì",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "servìmmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìrono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servirébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèrvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning \"to serve\") avére or (in the intransitive meanings \"to be useful/necessary\") èssere)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ser‧vì‧re"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ser‧vì‧re"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serva"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Sports",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 6 6 12",
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          "_dis": "65 10 10 14",
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          "sports",
          "sports"
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        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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          "english": "to serve two masters",
          "text": "servire a due padroni",
          "translation": "to serve two masters",
          "type": "example"
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          ],
          "english": "to serve food",
          "literal_meaning": "to serve at table",
          "text": "servire a tavola",
          "translation": "to serve food",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to serve [with a ‘someone’]"
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          "serve",
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          "avere",
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        "(intransitive) to serve [with a ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere]"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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