Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin auspicārī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aw.spiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: au‧spi‧cà‧re

Verb

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auspicàre (first-person singular present àuspico, first-person singular past historic auspicài, past participle auspicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hope (to/for/that) [+ di (infinitive)] or [+ che (subjunctive)]
    Synonyms: augurare, augurarsi, far voti
    ha auspicato l’avvio di una democraziahe hoped for the beginning of a democracy
    auspico che vi arrida il successo
    I hope (that) you will succeed
    (literally, “that success will arrive to you”)
    il governo auspica di poter far progredire la trattativa
    the government hopes to continue the negotiations
  2. (transitive, intransitive, literary) to augur [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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auspicāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of auspicor