agire

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *agīre, present active infinitive of *agēscō, from a change in conjugation of Latin agō (infinitive agere), from Proto-Italic *agō (“I drive; I push; I do, act”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), thematic root verb of the root *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒi.re/, [äˈd͡ʒiːr̺e]
  • Stress: agìre
  • Hyphenation: a‧gi‧re

Verb

agire

  1. (intransitive) to act or operate
  2. (intransitive) to work, run or function
  3. (intransitive) to take effect
  4. (intransitive) to behave
  5. (intransitive, law) to proceed (against)
  6. (intransitive, medicine) to affect (part of the body etc)
  7. (intransitive, psychology) to act out

Conjugation
    Conjugation of agire
infinitive agire
auxiliary verb avere gerund agendo
present participle agente past participle agito
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present agisco agisci agisce agiamo agite agiscono
imperfect agivo agivi agiva agivamo agivate agivano
past historic agii agisti agì agimmo agiste agirono
future agirò agirai agirà agiremo agirete agiranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present agirei agiresti agirebbe agiremmo agireste agirebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present agisca agisca agisca agiamo agiate agiscano
imperfect agissi agissi agisse agissimo agiste agissero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
agisci, non agire agisca agiamo agite agiscano

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