urgere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urgēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -urdʒere
• Hyphenation: ùr‧ge‧re

Verb

ùrgere (first-person singular present ùrgo, no past historic, no past participle)

1. (transitive, literary) to urge, to press
2. (transitive, figurative) to stimulate, to rouse
3. (intransitive) to be pressing
4. (intransitive) to be urgent; to be necessary urgently

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ùrgere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	ùrgere
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		urgèndo
present participle		urgènte	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ùrgo	ùrgi	ùrge	urgiàmo	urgéte	ùrgono
imperfect	urgévo	urgévi	urgéva	urgevàmo	urgevàte	urgévano
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	urgerò	urgerài	urgerà	urgerémo	urgeréte	urgerànno
conditional	urgerèi	urgerésti	urgerèbbe, urgerébbe	urgerémmo	urgeréste	urgerèbbero, urgerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	ùrga	ùrga	ùrga	urgiàmo	urgiàte	ùrgano
imperfect	urgéssi	urgéssi	urgésse	urgéssimo	urgéste	urgéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		ùrgi	ùrga	urgiàmo	urgéte	ùrgano
negative imperative		non ùrgere	non ùrga	non urgiàmo	non urgéte	non ùrgano

Related terms

• urgente
• urgenza

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• guerre

Latin

Verb

urgēre

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