balbare

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin balbāre, derived from balbus (“stuttering”, adjective).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /balˈba.re/
Rhymes: -are
Hyphenation: bal‧bà‧re

Verb edit

	This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
	The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

balbàre (first-person singular present bàlbo, first-person singular past historic balbài, past participle balbàto, auxiliary avére)

(obsolete, rare, intransitive) to stutter or stammer
Synonym: balbettare

Conjugation edit

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

person	singular			plural
infinitive	balbàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		balbàndo
present participle		balbànte	past participle		balbàto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	bàlbo	bàlbi	bàlba	balbiàmo	balbàte	bàlbano
imperfect	balbàvo	balbàvi	balbàva	balbavàmo	balbavàte	balbàvano
past historic	balbài	balbàsti	balbò	balbàmmo	balbàste	balbàrono
future	balberò	balberài	balberà	balberémo	balberéte	balberànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	balberèi	balberésti	balberèbbe, balberébbe	balberémmo	balberéste	balberèbbero, balberébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	bàlbi	bàlbi	bàlbi	balbiàmo	balbiàte	bàlbino
imperfect	balbàssi	balbàssi	balbàsse	balbàssimo	balbàste	balbàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		bàlba	bàlbi	balbiàmo	balbàte	bàlbino
negative imperative		non balbàre	non bàlbi	non balbiàmo	non balbàte	non bàlbino

Related terms edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

balbāre

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