-are

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are (verb-forming suffix)

the infinitive ending of most regular verbs; also, a productive suffix forming new verbs from nouns

Usage notes

See parlare as an example of a regular -are verb.
The only irregular -are verbs are andare, dare and stare and verbs derived from or suffixed by them (oltrandare, ridare, sottostare ...).
fare and related verbs (from Latin facere) are considered to be irregular -ere verbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -àre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	-àre
auxiliary verb		avére, èssere	gerund		-àndo
present participle		-ànte	past participle		-àto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	-o	-i	-a	-iàmo	-àte	-ano
imperfect	-àvo	-àvi	-àva	-avàmo	-avàte	-àvano
past historic	-ài	-àsti	-ò	-àmmo	-àste	-àrono
future	-erò	-erài	-erà	-erémo	-eréte	-erànno
conditional	-erèi	-erésti	-erèbbe, -erébbe	-erémmo	-eréste	-erèbbero, -erébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	-i	-i	-i	-iàmo	-iàte	-ino
imperfect	-àssi	-àssi	-àsse	-àssimo	-àste	-àssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		-a	-i	-iàmo	-àte	-ino
negative imperative		non -àre	non -i	non -iàmo	non -àte	non -ino

Etymology 2

From Latin -āris.

Suffix

-are (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ari)

suffix forming adjectives, often specifically relational adjectives, from nouns

Usage notes

See cellulare as an example of such an adjective.

Etymology 3

Suffix

-are f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)

plural of -ara

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -are

Anagrams

-erà, Era, Rea, era, rea

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.rɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.re]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *-āzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with -ere.

Suffix

-āre

present active infinitive of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

-āris (indicative only)

Suffix

-āre

second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-āre

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -āris

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are

forms first-conjugation verbs

Derived terms

Neapolitan terms suffixed with -are

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

-ari

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). Also substituting Old Norse -ir. This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.

Suffix

-are m

a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare (“protector, defender”), from væria (“to defend”)

Declension

Declension of -are (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-are	-aren	-arar	-ararnir
accusative	-ara	-aran	-ara	-arana
dative	-ara	-aranom	-arom	-aronom
genitive	-ara	-arans	-ara	-aranna

Descendants

Swedish: -are

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin -āre, present infinitive of -ō (1^st-conjugation verbal suffix), from Proto-Italic *-āō. Compare Campidanese -ai.

Suffix

-are (Logudorese, Nuorese)

Attached to a stem, forms the present infinitive of most regular verbs

Conjugation

Conjugation of -are (Logudorese)

		singular			plural
infinitive	simple	-are
infinitive	compound	èssere or àere + past participle
gerund	simple	-ende
gerund	compound	essende or appende + past participle
past participle		-adu
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-o	-as	-at	-amus	-ades	-ant
	imperfect	-aia, -aio	-aias	-aiat	-aìamus	-aìazis	-aiant
	future	apo a -are	as a -are	at a -are	amus a -are	azis a -are	ant a -are
	conditional	dia -are	dias -are	diat -are	diemus -are	diedas -are	diant -are
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of èssere or àere + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of èssere or àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo, chi eo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-e	-es	-et	-emus	-edas	-ent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	-ere	-eres	-eret	-èremus	-èrezis	-erent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
imperative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
imperative		—	-a	-et	-emus	-ade	-ent

Conjugation of -are (Nuorese)

		singular			plural
infinitive	simple	-are
infinitive	compound	èssere or àere + past participle
gerund	simple	-ende
gerund	compound	essende or aende + past participle
past participle		-au
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dego, deo	tue	issu/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-o	-as	-at	-amus	-aes	-ant
	imperfect	-abo	-abas	-abat	-abamus	-abazes	-abant
	future	apo a -are	as a -are	at a -are	amus a -are	azis a -are	ant a -are
	conditional	dia -are	dias -are	diat -are	diamus -are	diazes -are	diant -are
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of èssere or àere + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of èssere or àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi dego, chi deo	chi tue	chi issu/issa	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-e	-es	-et	-emus	-ezas	-ent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	-ere	-eres	-eret	-eremus	-erezis	-erent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
imperative		dego, deo	tue	issu/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
imperative		—	-a	-et	-emus	-ae	-ent

Derived terms

Sardinian terms suffixed with -are

ammentare

cungedare

tzappare

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari (also substituting Old Norse -ir), from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.

Suffix

-are

(on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (“ugly”) → fulare (“uglier”)
(on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (“climb”) → klättrare (“climber”)
Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm → stockholmare (“Stockholmer”). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.