Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /voˈle.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lé‧re

Verb

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volére (first-person singular present vòglio, first-person singular past historic vòlli, past participle volùto, first-person singular future vorrò, second-person singular imperative vògli, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to want

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Similarly to dovere, the auxiliary of the verb itself is avere, but it changes according to the auxiliary of the following verb, e.g.:

L'ho voluto mangiare.
I had wanted to eat it.
C'è voluta andare.
She had wanted to go there.

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Noun

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volere m (plural voleri)

  1. will, wish, desire, want
    Synonym: volontà

Anagrams

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularised from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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volere

  1. to want

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