Italian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Late Latin zēlāre (to love ardently or zealously).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): */d͡zeˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ze‧là‧re

Verb edit

zelàre (first-person singular present zèlo, first-person singular past historic zelài, past participle zelàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic or literary, rare)

  1. (intransitive) to be zealous (especially in a religious sense) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive) to be zealous or passionate about

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • zelare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin edit

Verb edit

zēlāre

  1. inflection of zēlō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative