gemere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gemere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.me.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛmere
• Hyphenation: gè‧me‧re

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Verb

gèmere (first-person singular present gèmo, first-person singular past historic gemétti or (traditional) gemètti, past participle gemùto, auxiliary avére) [auxiliary avere]

1. (intransitive) to groan, moan
   1. to whine (of dogs)
   2. to coo (of birds)
2. (transitive, poetic) to mourn

   Synonym: rimpiangere

3. (intransitive, by extension) to suffer

   Synonym: soffrire

4. (intransitive, literary) to creak (under a heavy load) (chiefly of wood)

   Synonyms: scricchiolare, stridere

5. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak (to allow fluid to escape)

   Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare, (literary) stillare

6. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak (to pass through an opening) (of a fluid)

   Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare

7. (transitive, rare) to leak (a fluid)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gèmere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	gèmere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		gemèndo
present participle		gemènte	past participle		gemùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	gèmo	gèmi	gème	gemiàmo	geméte	gèmono
imperfect	gemévo	gemévi	geméva	gemevàmo	gemevàte	gemévano
past historic	gemétti, gemètti1	gemésti	gemétte, gemètte1	gemémmo	geméste	geméttero, gemèttero1
future	gemerò	gemerài	gemerà	gemerémo	gemeréte	gemerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	gemerèi	gemerésti	gemerèbbe, gemerébbe	gemerémmo	gemeréste	gemerèbbero, gemerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	gèma	gèma	gèma	gemiàmo	gemiàte	gèmano
imperfect	geméssi	geméssi	gemésse	geméssimo	geméste	geméssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		gèmi	gèma	gemiàmo	geméte	gèmano
negative imperative		non gèmere	non gèma	non gemiàmo	non geméte	non gèmano

¹Traditional.

Derived terms

• gemicare

Related terms

• gemebondo
• gemichio
• gemitio
• gemito
• gemizio

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• emerge, megere

Latin

Verb

gemēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of gemō

Verb

gemere

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