ruminare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rūmināre, from rūminārī (“to chew the cud; to ruminate”).

Verb

ruminàre (first-person singular present rùmino, first-person singular past historic ruminài, past participle ruminàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to ruminate (of ruminants such as cows, camels, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
2. (transitive or intransitive) to chew slowly or with difficulty
3. (transitive) to ponder, to ruminate on (a subject, someone's words, etc.)
4. (transitive) to plot, to plan (revenge, pretexts, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruminàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	ruminàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		ruminàndo
present participle		ruminànte	past participle		ruminàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	rùmino	rùmini	rùmina	ruminiàmo	ruminàte	rùminano
imperfect	ruminàvo	ruminàvi	ruminàva	ruminavàmo	ruminavàte	ruminàvano
past historic	ruminài	ruminàsti	ruminò	ruminàmmo	ruminàste	ruminàrono
future	ruminerò	ruminerài	ruminerà	ruminerémo	rumineréte	ruminerànno
conditional	ruminerèi	ruminerésti	ruminerèbbe, ruminerébbe	ruminerémmo	rumineréste	ruminerèbbero, ruminerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	rùmini	rùmini	rùmini	ruminiàmo	ruminiàte	rùminino
imperfect	ruminàssi	ruminàssi	ruminàsse	ruminàssimo	ruminàste	ruminàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		rùmina	rùmini	ruminiàmo	ruminàte	rùminino
negative imperative		non ruminàre	non rùmini	non ruminiàmo	non ruminàte	non rùminino

Related terms

• ruminante

Anagrams

• numerari, rimunera, ruminerà

Latin

Verb

rūmināre

1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of rūminor