-are

See also: Appendix:Variations of "are"

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are (verb-forming suffix)

1. the infinitive ending of most regular verbs; also, a productive suffix forming new verbs from nouns

Usage notes

• See parlare as an example of a regular -are verb.
• The only irregular -are verbs are andare, dare and stare and verbs derived from or suffixed by them (oltrandare, ridare, sottostare ...).
• fare and related verbs (from Latin facere) are considered to be irregular -ere verbs.
• See cellulare as an example of such an adjective.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of -àre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	-àre
auxiliary verb		avére, èssere	gerund		-àndo
present participle		-ànte	past participle		-àto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	-o	-i	-a	-iàmo	-àte	-ano
imperfect	-àvo	-àvi	-àva	-avàmo	-avàte	-àvano
past historic	-ài	-àsti	-ò	-àmmo	-àste	-àrono
future	-erò	-erài	-erà	-erémo	-eréte	-erànno
conditional	-erèi	-erésti	-erèbbe, -erébbe	-erémmo	-eréste	-erèbbero, -erébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	-i	-i	-i	-iàmo	-iàte	-ino
imperfect	-àssi	-àssi	-àsse	-àssimo	-àste	-àssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		-a	-i	-iàmo	-àte	-ino
negative imperative		non -àre	non -i	non -iàmo	non -àte	non -ino

See also

• -ere
• -ire

Etymology 2

From Latin -āris.

Suffix

-are (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ari)

1. suffix forming adjectives, often specifically relational adjectives, from nouns

Etymology 3

Suffix

-are f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)

1. plural of -ara

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -are

Anagrams

• -erà, Era, Rea, era, rea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.re/, [ˈäːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.re/, [ˈäːre]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *-āzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with -ere.

Suffix

-āre

1. present active infinitive of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -āris (indicative only)

Suffix

-āre

1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-āre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -āris

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are

1. forms first-conjugation verbs

Derived terms

Neapolitan terms suffixed with -are

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• -ari

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). Also substituting Old Norse -ir. This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.

Suffix

-are m

1. a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare (“protector, defender”), from væria (“to defend”)

Declension

Declension of -are (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-are	-aren	-arar	-ararnir
accusative	-ara	-aran	-ara	-arana
dative	-ara	-aranom	-arom	-aronom
genitive	-ara	-arans	-ara	-aranna

Descendants

• Swedish: -are

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin -āre, present infinitive of -ō (1^st-conjugation verbal suffix), from Proto-Italic *-āō. Compare Campidanese -ai.

Suffix

-are (Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. Attached to a stem, forms the present infinitive of most regular verbs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of -are (Logudorese)

infinitive	simple	-are
	compound	èssere or àere + past participle
gerund	simple	-ende
	compound	essende or appende + past participle
past participle		-adu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-o	-as	-at	-amus	-ades	-ant
	imperfect	-aia, -aio	-aias	-aiat	-aìamus	-aìazis	-aiant
	future	apo a -are	as a -are	at a -are	amus a -are	azis a -are	ant a -are
	conditional	dia -are	dias -are	diat -are	diemus -are	diedas -are	diant -are
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of èssere or àere + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of èssere or àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo, chi eo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-e	-es	-et	-emus	-edas	-ent
	imperfect	-ere	-eres	-eret	-èremus	-èrezis	-erent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
imperative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	-a	-et	-emus	-ade	-ent

    Conjugation of -are (Nuorese)

infinitive	simple	-are
	compound	èssere or àere + past participle
gerund	simple	-ende
	compound	essende or aende + past participle
past participle		-au
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dego, deo	tue	issu/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-o	-as	-at	-amus	-aes	-ant
	imperfect	-abo	-abas	-abat	-abamus	-abazes	-abant
	future	apo a -are	as a -are	at a -are	amus a -are	azis a -are	ant a -are
	conditional	dia -are	dias -are	diat -are	diamus -are	diazes -are	diant -are
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of èssere or àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of èssere or àere + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of èssere or àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi dego, chi deo	chi tue	chi issu/issa	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	-e	-es	-et	-emus	-ezas	-ent
	imperfect	-ere	-eres	-eret	-eremus	-erezis	-erent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of èssere or àere + past participle
imperative		dego, deo	tue	issu/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	-a	-et	-emus	-ae	-ent

Derived terms

Sardinian terms suffixed with -are

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari (also substituting Old Norse -ir), from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.

Suffix

-are

1. (on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (“ugly”) → fulare (“uglier”)
2. (on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (“climb”) → klättrare (“climber”)
3. Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm → stockholmare (“Stockholmer”). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.

Usage notes

(noun): Unchanged in the plural nominative, this having what in Swedish is called nollplural (“zero-plural”).

Synonyms

• (person from): -bo (3) (in some cases not as common as -are)

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -are

Anagrams

• -era, era, rea