stillare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stīllāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stilˈla.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: stil‧là‧re

Verb

stillàre (first-person singular present stìllo, first-person singular past historic stillài, past participle stillàto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive meaning "to try") avére or (intransitive meaning "to drip, to fall in drops") èssere)

1. (literary, transitive) to extract (to withdraw by a process)

   Synonym: estrarre

2. (transitive) to drip (to let fall in drops)

   Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare

3. (intransitive) to drip (to fall in drops) [auxiliary essere]

   Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare

4. (intransitive, uncommon) to make an effort, to try [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]

   Synonym: sforzarsi

5. (transitive, rare) to invent, to contrive (an idea, method, etc.)
6. (Tuscan, card games, transitive) to slowly reveal (cards)

Conjugation

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

infinitive	stillàre
auxiliary verb		avére1, èssere2	gerund		stillàndo
present participle		stillànte	past participle		stillàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	stìllo	stìlli	stìlla	stilliàmo	stillàte	stìllano
imperfect	stillàvo	stillàvi	stillàva	stillavàmo	stillavàte	stillàvano
past historic	stillài	stillàsti	stillò	stillàmmo	stillàste	stillàrono
future	stillerò	stillerài	stillerà	stillerémo	stilleréte	stillerànno
conditional	stillerèi	stillerésti	stillerèbbe, stillerébbe	stillerémmo	stilleréste	stillerèbbero, stillerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	stìlli	stìlli	stìlli	stilliàmo	stilliàte	stìllino
imperfect	stillàssi	stillàssi	stillàsse	stillàssimo	stillàste	stillàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		stìlla	stìlli	stilliàmo	stillàte	stìllino
negative imperative		non stillàre	non stìlli	non stilliàmo	non stillàte	non stìllino

¹Transitive, also intransitive meaning "to try".
²Intransitive meaning "to drip, to fall in drops".

Derived terms

• stillamento

Related terms

• stilla
• stillante
• stillato

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Rastelli, ralliste, stellari, stillerà

Latin

Verb

stīllāre

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