benvolere

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ben.voˈle.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: ben‧vo‧lé‧re

Verb

benvolére (no present, no past historic, past participle benvolùto, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to respect, to appreciate, to like

   farsi benvolere da qualcuno ― to endear oneself to someone (literally, “to make oneself liked by someone”)

   prendere a benvolere qualcuno ― to take a liking to someone

   essere benvoluto ― to be liked

Conjugation

• Highly defective; only found in the infinitive and past participle.

    Conjugation of benvolére (-ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	benvolére
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		—
present participle		—	past participle		benvolùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	—	—	—	—	—	—
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• farsi benvolere
• prendere a benvolere

Related terms

• benvoluto

Anagrams

• voler bene