osare
See also: osaré
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin ausāre, frequentative from Latin audēre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editosàre (first-person singular present òso, first-person singular past historic osài, past participle osàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to dare, venture, used with the infinitive (sometimes preceded by di)
- Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi (a), azzardarsi (a)
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Inferno[1], lines 43–45; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Io non osava scender de la strada
per andar par di lui; ma ’l capo chino
tenea com’ uom che reverente vada.- I did not dare to go down from the road level to walk with him; but my head bowed I held as one who goes reverently.
- 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo[3], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 106:
- Pera colui che prima osò la mano
Armata alzar su l’innocente agnella,
E sul placido bue […]- May the one who first dared lay his armed hand on the innocent lamb and the peaceful ox die
- (intransitive) to dare (to have courage)
- Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi
- Bisogna saper osare ― One must learn to be daring (literally, “It is necessary to be able to dare”)
- (transitive) to risk, attempt, followed by an object
- (transitive) to dare, used to attenuate the force of a statement or request
- Oserei dire che... ― I would dare say that...
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of osàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | osàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | osàndo | |||
present participle | osànte | past participle | osàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | òso | òsi | òsa | osiàmo | osàte | òsano |
imperfect | osàvo | osàvi | osàva | osavàmo | osavàte | osàvano |
past historic | osài | osàsti | osò | osàmmo | osàste | osàrono |
future | oserò | oserài | oserà | oserémo | oseréte | oserànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | oserèi | oserésti | oserèbbe, oserébbe | oserémmo | oseréste | oserèbbero, oserébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | òsi | òsi | òsi | osiàmo | osiàte | òsino |
imperfect | osàssi | osàssi | osàsse | osàssimo | osàste | osàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
òsa | òsi | osiàmo | osàte | òsino | ||
negative imperative | non osàre | non òsi | non osiàmo | non osàte | non òsino |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- osare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
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editVerb
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