insuperbire

Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ superbo +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.su.perˈbi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: in‧su‧per‧bì‧re

Verb

insuperbìre (first-person singular present insuperbìsco, first-person singular past historic insuperbìi, past participle insuperbìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

1. (intransitive) to become proud [with per ‘of’] [auxiliary essere]
2. (transitive) to make proud [with per ‘of’]

Conjugation

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

infinitive	insuperbìre
auxiliary verb		èssere1, avére2	gerund		insuperbèndo
present participle		insuperbènte	past participle		insuperbìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	insuperbìsco	insuperbìsci	insuperbìsce	insuperbiàmo	insuperbìte	insuperbìscono
imperfect	insuperbìvo	insuperbìvi	insuperbìva	insuperbivàmo	insuperbivàte	insuperbìvano
past historic	insuperbìi	insuperbìsti	insuperbì	insuperbìmmo	insuperbìste	insuperbìrono
future	insuperbirò	insuperbirài	insuperbirà	insuperbirémo	insuperbiréte	insuperbirànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	insuperbirèi	insuperbirésti	insuperbirèbbe, insuperbirébbe	insuperbirémmo	insuperbiréste	insuperbirèbbero, insuperbirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	insuperbìsca	insuperbìsca	insuperbìsca	insuperbiàmo	insuperbiàte	insuperbìscano
imperfect	insuperbìssi	insuperbìssi	insuperbìsse	insuperbìssimo	insuperbìste	insuperbìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		insuperbìsci	insuperbìsca	insuperbiàmo	insuperbìte	insuperbìscano
negative imperative		non insuperbìre	non insuperbìsca	non insuperbiàmo	non insuperbìte	non insuperbìscano

¹Intransitive.
²Transitive.

Derived terms

• insuperbirsi

Further reading

• insuperbire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana