carpire

See also: carpiré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin carpō (infinitive carpere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈpi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: car‧pì‧re

Verb

carpìre (first-person singular present carpìsco, first-person singular past historic carpìi, past participle carpìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (literary) to strip off or away, often by deceit
2. (figurative, by extension) to obtain with cunning or deceit; to do out of; to steal; to snatch
   • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:

     Per quanto astuti, non avevano ancora inventato una tecnica per carpire il pensiero di un altro essere umano.

     With all their cleverness they had never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking.

     (literally, “As astute as they are, they had not yet invented a technique to obtain the thought of another human being.”)

3. (archaic or central Italy) to catch; to grab

   Synonyms: prendere, raccogliere; see also Thesaurus:afferrare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carpìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	carpìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		carpèndo
present participle		carpènte	past participle		carpìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	carpìsco	carpìsci	carpìsce	carpiàmo	carpìte	carpìscono
imperfect	carpìvo	carpìvi	carpìva	carpivàmo	carpivàte	carpìvano
past historic	carpìi	carpìsti	carpì	carpìmmo	carpìste	carpìrono
future	carpirò	carpirài	carpirà	carpirémo	carpiréte	carpirànno
conditional	carpirèi	carpirésti	carpirèbbe, carpirébbe	carpirémmo	carpiréste	carpirèbbero, carpirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	carpìsca	carpìsca	carpìsca	carpiàmo	carpiàte	carpìscano
imperfect	carpìssi	carpìssi	carpìsse	carpìssimo	carpìste	carpìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		carpìsci	carpìsca	carpiàmo	carpìte	carpìscano
negative imperative		non carpìre	non carpìsca	non carpiàmo	non carpìte	non carpìscano

Anagrams

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