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sempre

English

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Italian sempre

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sempre (not comparable)

  1. (music, as a qualifier) always, still; maintaining the same style

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

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Adverb

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sempre

  1. always
    Synonyms: tothora, tostemps
    Antonym: mai

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sempre, from Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

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Adverb

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sempre

  1. always

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sempre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sempre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “sempre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “sempre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “sempre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian sempre, Spanish siempre, from Latin semper.

Adverb

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sempre

  1. always
    Me sempre oblivias to.
    I always forget that.

Usage notes

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Though sempre is an official word and is used more often than omnatempe (which follows the Ido rules of constructing correlatives), omnatempe is still valid and understood.

Synonyms

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  • omnu (“everyone”)
  • omno (“everything, all”)
  • omna (“all, every”)
  • omni (“all, everybody”)
  • omnaloke (“everywhere”)

Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin semper; compare Catalan and Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

Pronunciation

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  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.pre/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpre
  • Hyphenation: sèm‧pre

Adverb

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sempre

  1. always
  2. (colloquial) still
    Synonym: ancora
    …sempre in garanzia? ― …still under guarantee?

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Descendants

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  • → English: sempre

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Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

Adverb

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sempre

  1. always

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Spanish siempre.

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sempre

  1. always (at all times)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sempre, from Latin semper; compare Catalan sempre and Spanish siempre.

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  • Hyphenation: sem‧pre

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sempre (not comparable)

  2. always (at all times)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sempre
    A terra sempre gira e sempre girará em torno do sol.
    Earth always spins and will always spin around the sun.
  4. always (regularly at stated intervals)
    Synonym: regularmente
    Eu sempre como carne no almoço.
    I always eat meat at lunch.

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