seminare

See also: Seminare

Estonian

Noun

seminare

1. partitive plural of seminar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēmināre (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.miˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

seminàre (first-person singular present sémino, first-person singular past historic seminài, past participle seminàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (also figurative) to sow; to seed

   Synonym: piantare

   seminare il grano ― to sow the grain

   seminare discordia ― to sow [the seeds of] discord

2. (figurative, by extension) to leave or forget items here and there, messily; to strew

   Synonyms: spargere, disseminare, diffondere, sparpagliare

   ha seminato i suoi vestiti per la stanza

   he left his clothes strewn about the room

3. (figurative, by extension) to leave behind, covering one's tracks; to shake off

   i ladri sono riusciti a seminare la macchina della polizia

   the thieves were able to leave the police car behind

   • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:

     Julia, in effetti, non cercava di seminarlo; allungava il passo solo per non averlo accanto.

     She did not actually try to shake him off, but walked at just such a speed as to prevent his keeping abreast of her.

     (literally, “Julia, in effect, was not trying to shake him off; she was lengthening her stride just so that he wouldn't be right beside her.”)

Conjugation

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

infinitive	seminàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		seminàndo
present participle		seminànte	past participle		seminàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	sémino	sémini	sémina	seminiàmo	seminàte	séminano
imperfect	seminàvo	seminàvi	seminàva	seminavàmo	seminavàte	seminàvano
past historic	seminài	seminàsti	seminò	seminàmmo	seminàste	seminàrono
future	seminerò	seminerài	seminerà	seminerémo	semineréte	seminerànno
conditional	seminerèi	seminerésti	seminerèbbe, seminerébbe	seminerémmo	semineréste	seminerèbbero, seminerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	sémini	sémini	sémini	seminiàmo	seminiàte	séminino
imperfect	seminàssi	seminàssi	seminàsse	seminàssimo	seminàste	seminàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		sémina	sémini	seminiàmo	seminàte	séminino
negative imperative		non seminàre	non sémini	non seminiàmo	non seminàte	non séminino

Related terms

• seme
• semina
• seminabile
• seminativo
• seminato
• seminatoio
• seminatore
• seminatura

Anagrams

• Miranese, marinese, meranesi, seminerà

Latin

Verb

sēmināre

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