covare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cubō (“to lie down”), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of cubare.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]covàre (first-person singular present cóvo, first-person singular past historic covài, past participle covàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to brood, to incubate (an egg) (keep an egg warm) (of a bird)
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to brood, to protect, to foster
- (transitive) to cultivate, to nurture (an emotion, desire, etc.)
- lui cova odio per Enzo
- hatred is welling up (within himself) against Enzo
- (literally, “he is nurturing hatred for Enzo”)
- (intransitive) to remain unexpressed; to be bottled up [auxiliary avere]
- covava in lei una rabbia irriducibile
- an unyielding anger was bottled up in her
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of covàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | covàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | covàndo | |||
present participle | covànte | past participle | covàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | cóvo | cóvi | cóva | coviàmo | covàte | cóvano |
imperfect | covàvo | covàvi | covàva | covavàmo | covavàte | covàvano |
past historic | covài | covàsti | covò | covàmmo | covàste | covàrono |
future | coverò | coverài | coverà | coverémo | coveréte | coverànno |
conditional | coverèi | coverésti | coverèbbe, coverébbe | coverémmo | coveréste | coverèbbero, coverébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | cóvi | cóvi | cóvi | coviàmo | coviàte | cóvino |
imperfect | covàssi | covàssi | covàsse | covàssimo | covàste | covàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
cóva | cóvi | coviàmo | covàte | cóvino | ||
negative imperative | non covàre | non cóvi | non coviàmo | non covàte | non cóvino |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- covare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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