putrefare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin putrefaciō.

Verb

putrefàre (first-person singular present putrefàccio, first-person singular past historic putreféci, past participle putrefàtto, first-person singular imperfect putrefacévo, second-person singular imperative putrefài or putrefà', auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

1. (intransitive) to putrefy, to rot [auxiliary essere]
2. (transitive, rare) to putrefy, to cause to rot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of putrefàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	putrefàre
auxiliary verb		èssere1, avére2	gerund		putrefacèndo
present participle		putrefacènte	past participle		putrefàtto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	putrefàccio	putrefài	putrefà3	putrefacciàmo	putrefàte	putrefànno
imperfect	putrefacévo	putrefacévi	putrefacéva	putrefacevàmo	putrefacevàte	putrefacévano
past historic	putreféci	putrefacésti	putreféce	putrefacémmo	putrefacéste	putrefécero
future	putrefarò	putrefarài	putrefarà	putrefarémo	putrefaréte	putrefarànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	putrefarèi	putrefarésti	putrefarèbbe, putrefarébbe	putrefarémmo	putrefaréste	putrefarèbbero, putrefarébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	putrefàccia	putrefàccia	putrefàccia	putrefacciàmo	putrefacciàte	putrefàcciano
imperfect	putrefacéssi	putrefacéssi	putrefacésse	putrefacéssimo	putrefacéste	putrefacéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		putrefài, putrefà'	putrefàccia	putrefacciàmo	putrefàte	putrefàcciano
negative imperative		non putrefàre	non putrefàccia	non putrefacciàmo	non putrefàte	non putrefàcciano

¹Intransitive.
²Transitive.
³With syntactic gemination after the verb.

Related terms

• putrefarsi
• putrefatto
• putrefazione
• putrido

Further reading

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