Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin assūmere, from ad- + sūmō.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /asˈsu.me.re/
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  • Rhymes: -umere
  • Hyphenation: as‧sù‧me‧re

Verb edit

assùmere (first-person singular present assùmo, first-person singular past historic assùnsi, past participle assùnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to take on, assume
  2. (transitive) to employ, hire
  3. (transitive) to consume
    Synonym: consumare
    È di vitale importanza assumere una quantità di ferro adeguata attraverso l'alimentazione quotidiana.
    It is vitally important to consume adequate amounts of iron in your daily diet.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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

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Latin edit

Verb edit

assūmēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of assūmō

Verb edit

assūmere

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