puzzare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom puzzo (“smell, stink”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpuzzàre (first-person singular present pùzzo, first-person singular past historic puzzài, past participle puzzàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to smell (bad) or stink [auxiliary avere]
- La stanza puzza di fumo ― The room smells like cigarettes (literally, “The room smells like smoke”)
- (intransitive, figurative) to cause worry or unease [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to be annoying or irritating [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to give an impression, to seem [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary avere]
- 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “Capitolo XI [Chapter 11]”, in I promessi sposi[1], Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, page 222:
- Gervaso, a cui non pareva vero d’essere una volta più informato degli altri, a cui non pareva piccola gloria l’avere avuta una gran paura, a cui, per aver tenuto di mano a una cosa che puzzava di criminale, pareva d’esser diventato un uomo come gli altri, crepava di voglia di vantarsene.
- Jervase, who could scarcely believe that for once he knew a little more than others, who regarded having had a great fear not as a small glory, and who, for having had a hand in what seemed like a criminal affair, felt himself a man like the others, was dying to boast about it.
- (intransitive, figurative) to despise, to disdain [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of puzzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | puzzàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | puzzàndo | |||
present participle | puzzànte | past participle | puzzàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | pùzzo | pùzzi | pùzza | puzziàmo | puzzàte | pùzzano |
imperfect | puzzàvo | puzzàvi | puzzàva | puzzavàmo | puzzavàte | puzzàvano |
past historic | puzzài | puzzàsti | puzzò | puzzàmmo | puzzàste | puzzàrono |
future | puzzerò | puzzerài | puzzerà | puzzerémo | puzzeréte | puzzerànno |
conditional | puzzerèi | puzzerésti | puzzerèbbe, puzzerébbe | puzzerémmo | puzzeréste | puzzerèbbero, puzzerébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | pùzzi | pùzzi | pùzzi | puzziàmo | puzziàte | pùzzino |
imperfect | puzzàssi | puzzàssi | puzzàsse | puzzàssimo | puzzàste | puzzàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
pùzza | pùzzi | puzziàmo | puzzàte | pùzzino | ||
negative imperative | non puzzàre | non pùzzi | non puzziàmo | non puzzàte | non pùzzino |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- puzzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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