delinquere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlinquere (“to fail in one's duty”), from de- + linquō (“to neglect”), present infinitive form of linquō (“to leave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈlin.kwe.re/
• Rhymes: -inkwere
• Hyphenation: de‧lìn‧que‧re

Verb

delìnquere (first-person singular present delìnquo, no past historic, past participle (rare or unused) delìtto or (archaic, rare, ditto) delinquìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

1. to commit a crime [auxiliary avere]
2. (literary) to sin [auxiliary avere]

Usage notes

• Used in some forms of the present indicative, in the infinitive, in the present participle with the substantival meaning and in the past participle; rare in other forms, including all composed forms.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of delìnquere (root-stressed -ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	delìnquere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		delinquèndo1
present participle		delinquènte	past participle		delìtto1, delinquìto1,2
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	delìnquo	delìnqui	delìnque	delinquiàmo	delinquéte	delìnquono
imperfect	delinquévo1	delinquévi1	delinquéva1	delinquevàmo1	delinquevàte1	delinquévano1
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	delinquerò1	delinquerài1	delinquerà1	delinquerémo1	delinqueréte1	delinquerànno1
conditional	delinquerèi1	delinquerésti1	delinquerèbbe1, delinquerébbe1	delinquerémmo1	delinqueréste1	delinquerèbbero1, delinquerébbero1
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	delìnqua1	delìnqua1	delìnqua1	delinquiàmo1	delinquiàte1	delìnquano1
imperfect	delinquéssi1	delinquéssi1	delinquésse1	delinquéssimo1	delinquéste1	delinquéssero1
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		delìnqui1	delìnqua1	delinquiàmo1	delinquéte1	delìnquano1
negative imperative		non delìnquere1	non delìnqua1	non delinquiàmo1	non delinquéte1	non delìnquano1

¹Rare or unused.
²Archaic, rare.

Related terms

• delinquente (“delinquent, criminal”)
• delitto (“crime”)

Latin

Verb

dēlinquēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of dēlinquō

Verb

dēlinquere

1. inflection of dēlinquō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative