abbacare

Italian

Etymology

From abbaco (“abacus”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.baˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧cà‧re

Verb

abbacàre (first-person singular present àbbaco, first-person singular past historic abbacài, past participle abbacàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to calculate
2. (intransitive, figurative, rare):
   1. to daydream

      Synonyms: fantasticare, almanaccare

      • 1540s, Agnolo Firenzuola, “Atto quarto, Scena VII”, in La Trinuzia, collected in La Trinuzia e I Lucidi, published 1552, page 66:

        Ecco qua il Dormi; che va egli abbacando?

        Here is Dormi. What is he daydreaming about?

   2. to rack one's brain or puzzle

      Synonym: scervellarsi

Conjugation

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

infinitive	abbacàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		abbacàndo
present participle		abbacànte	past participle		abbacàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	àbbaco	àbbachi	àbbaca	abbachiàmo	abbacàte	àbbacano
imperfect	abbacàvo	abbacàvi	abbacàva	abbacavàmo	abbacavàte	abbacàvano
past historic	abbacài	abbacàsti	abbacò	abbacàmmo	abbacàste	abbacàrono
future	abbacherò	abbacherài	abbacherà	abbacherémo	abbacheréte	abbacherànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	abbacherèi	abbacherésti	abbacherèbbe, abbacherébbe	abbacherémmo	abbacheréste	abbacherèbbero, abbacherébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	àbbachi	àbbachi	àbbachi	abbachiàmo	abbachiàte	àbbachino
imperfect	abbacàssi	abbacàssi	abbacàsse	abbacàssimo	abbacàste	abbacàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		àbbaca	àbbachi	abbachiàmo	abbacàte	àbbachino
negative imperative		non abbacàre	non àbbachi	non abbachiàmo	non abbacàte	non àbbachino

Further reading

• abbacare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “abbacare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• abblacare, abbracare (northern Logudorese)

Etymology

Likely a borrowing. Compare Occitan abaucar (“to calm; to calm down”). The northern forms might be from a language of northern Italy (compare Lombard balcà (“to die down, calm down”)). Compare Campidanese abbacai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abbaˈkare/

Verb

abbacare (Logudorese)

1. (transitive) to slow down
2. (transitive) to calm down (to cause to become less excited, intense or angry)
3. (intransitive) to calm down (to become less intense) (of wind)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abbacare (Logudorese)

infinitive	simple	abbacare
	compound	àere + past participle
gerund	simple	abbachende
	compound	aende + past participle
past participle		abbacadu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	abbaco	abbacas	abbacat	abbacamus	abbacades	abbacant
	imperfect	abbacaia, abbacaio	abbacaias	abbacaiat	abbacaìamus	abbacaìazis	abbacaiant
	future	apo a abbacare	as a abbacare	at a abbacare	amus a abbacare	azis a abbacare	ant a abbacare
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of àere + past participle
conditional		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
present		dia abbacare	dias abbacare	diat abbacare	diemus abbacare	diedas abbacare	diant abbacare
perfect		present conditional of àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo, chi eo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	abbache	abbaches	abbachet	abbachemus	abbachedas	abbachent
	imperfect	abbachere	abbacheres	abbacheret	abbachèremus	abbachèrezis	abbacherent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle
imperative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	abbaca	abbachet	abbachemus	abbacade	abbachent

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes