piovere
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *plovere, from Classical Latin pluere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]piòvere (first-person singular present piòvo, first-person singular past historic piòvvi, past participle piovùto, auxiliary (impersonal or intransitive) èssere or (impersonal or transitive) avére)
- (intransitive, impersonal) to rain [auxiliary avere or essere]
- (intransitive, impersonal, by extension) to drip [auxiliary avere or essere]
- (intransitive) to fall (from the sky) (of rainwater) [auxiliary essere]
- piovono le gocce via via più grandi
- bigger and bigger (rain)drops are falling
- (intransitive, informal, figurative, by extension) to fall from above, to rain down [auxiliary essere]
- piovono sassi
- stones are raining down
- (intransitive, informal, figurative, by extension) to come in large quantities [auxiliary essere]
- piovono insulti da ogni parte
- insults are flying in from all angles
- (literally, “insults are coming in large quantities from everywhere”)
- (transitive, literary) to (cause to) rain, to rain down [auxiliary avere]
- Padre e Signor, s'al popol tuo piovesti / Già le dolci rugiade entro al deserto
- Father and Lord, if you rained upon your people / already the sweet dews within the desert
- (Torquato Tasso, La Gerusalemme Liberata, Canto XIII)
Usage notes
[edit]- The non-third-person forms are rare, but as shown in the examples above, they do exist.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of piòvere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | piòvere | |||||
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auxiliary verb | èssere1, avére2 | gerund | piovèndo | |||
present participle | piovènte | past participle | piovùto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | piòvo | piòvi | piòve | pioviàmo | piovéte | piòvono |
imperfect | piovévo | piovévi | piovéva | piovevàmo | piovevàte | piovévano |
past historic | piòvvi | piovésti | piòvve | piovémmo | piovéste | piòvvero |
future | pioverò | pioverài | pioverà | pioverémo | pioveréte | pioverànno |
conditional | pioverèi | pioverésti | pioverèbbe, pioverébbe | pioverémmo | pioveréste | pioverèbbero, pioverébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | piòva | piòva | piòva | pioviàmo | pioviàte | piòvano |
imperfect | piovéssi | piovéssi | piovésse | piovéssimo | piovéste | piovéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
piòvi | piòva | pioviàmo | piovéte | piòvano | ||
negative imperative | non piòvere | non piòva | non pioviàmo | non piovéte | non piòvano |
1Impersonal or intransitive.
2Impersonal or transitive.
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- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔvere
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- Italian lemmas
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