-are

See also: are, Are, -aré, åre, aré, arë, āre, and ārē

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are

  1. Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most regular verbs.
Usage notes
Conjugation
    Conjugation of -are
infinitive -are
auxiliary verb essere gerund -ando
present participle -ante past participle -ato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present -o -i -a -iamo -ate -ano
imperfect -avo -avi -ava -avamo -avate -avano
past historic -ai -asti -ò -ammo -aste -arono
future -erò -erai -erà -eremo -erete -eranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present -erei -eresti -erebbe -eremmo -ereste -erebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present -i -i -i -iamo -iate -ino
imperfect -assi -assi -asse -assimo -aste -assero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
-a, non -are -i -iamo -ate -ino
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin -ārem, accusative form of -āris.

Suffix

-are m or f (plural -ari)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

Etymology 3

Suffix

-are f

  1. feminine plural of -aro

Derived terms
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Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.re/, [ˈaː.rɛ]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-āre

  1. present active infinitive of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Suffix

-āre

  1. second-person singular present passive indicative and imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-āre

  1. nominative and accusative and vocative neuter singular of -āris

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -ari, from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.

Suffix

-are

  1. (on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (“ugly”) → fulare (“uglier”)
  2. (on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (“climb”) → klättrare (“climber”)
  3. Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm → stockholmare (“Stockholmer”). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.

Usage notes

(noun): Unchanged in the plural nominative, this having what in Swedish is called nollplural (“zero-plural”).

Synonyms
  • (person from): -bo (3) (in some cases not as common as -are)

Derived terms
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