impellere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impellere (“to push”). Compare Portuguese impelir, Spanish impeler and English impel, impulse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpɛl.le.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛllere
• Hyphenation: im‧pèl‧le‧re

Verb

impèllere (no present, first-person singular past historic impùlsi, past participle impùlso, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, literary or archaic) to impel, to push forcefully

Conjugation

• Highly defective verb. Used only in the infinitive, past historic, past participle and present participle.

    Conjugation of impèllere (root-stressed -ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	impèllere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		—
present participle		—	past participle		impùlso
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
past historic	impùlsi	impellésti	impùlse	impellémmo	impelléste	impùlsero
future	—	—	—	—	—	—
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• impellente (“urgent”)

Latin

Verb

impellēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of impellō

Verb

impellere

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