Italian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin cubō (to lie down), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of covare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kuˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cu‧bà‧re

Verb edit

cubàre (first-person singular present cùbo, first-person singular past historic cubài, past participle cubàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete) to lie; to be lying down
    Synonym: giacere

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

cubāre

  1. present active infinitive of cubō