vegetare

See also: vegetaré

English

Etymology

Attested from the 19th century (see quotation below). Likely a back-formation from vegetarian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛər/

Verb

vegetare (third-person singular simple present vegetares, present participle vegetaring, simple past and past participle vegetared)

1. (rare) To adhere to a vegetarian diet; to eat vegetables and not meat.
   • 1898, Josiah Oldfield, “The Dietary of the Twentieth Century”, in The New Century Review, page 308:

     The dietary of the coming century shall be in harmony with its aspirations and the human race will vegetare.

   • 1914 December, John R. Rodgers, “Indigestion and other topics”, in The Green Book Magazine, page 1044:

     No, I don’t think vegetaring will help you. Of course you have quit coffee?

   • 2006, Solveig S, “Being Vegetarian in South America....Easy or Difficult?”, in Travellers point‎^[1]:

     What you have to realize is that brazilians in general do not understand the concept vegetaring and thus would include chicken, fish and even small amounts of beef in their definition of a vegetarian dish.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vegetare.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vegetāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.d͡ʒeˈta.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧tà‧re

Verb

vegetàre (first-person singular present vègeto or végeto, first-person singular past historic vegetài, past participle vegetàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive) to vegetate [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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

infinitive	vegetàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		vegetàndo
present participle		vegetànte	past participle		vegetàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	vègeto, végeto	vègeti, végeti	vègeta, végeta	vegetiàmo	vegetàte	vègetano, végetano
imperfect	vegetàvo	vegetàvi	vegetàva	vegetavàmo	vegetavàte	vegetàvano
past historic	vegetài	vegetàsti	vegetò	vegetàmmo	vegetàste	vegetàrono
future	vegeterò	vegeterài	vegeterà	vegeterémo	vegeteréte	vegeterànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	vegeterèi	vegeterésti	vegeterèbbe, vegeterébbe	vegeterémmo	vegeteréste	vegeterèbbero, vegeterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	vègeti, végeti	vègeti, végeti	vègeti, végeti	vegetiàmo	vegetiàte	vègetino, végetino
imperfect	vegetàssi	vegetàssi	vegetàsse	vegetàssimo	vegetàste	vegetàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		vègeta, végeta	vègeti, végeti	vegetiàmo	vegetàte	vègetino, végetino
negative imperative		non vegetàre	non vègeti, non végeti	non vegetiàmo	non vegetàte	non vègetino, non végetino

Related terms

• vegetale

Anagrams

• ergevate, vegeterà

Latin

Verb

vegetāre

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

Romanian

Etymology

From vegeta +‎ -re.

Noun

vegetare f (plural vegetări)

1. vegetation

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vegetare	vegetarea		vegetări	vegetările
genitive-dative	vegetări	vegetării		vegetări	vegetărilor
vocative	vegetare, vegetareo			vegetărilor

Spanish

Verb

vegetare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of vegetar