nevicare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nivicāre, a verb based on Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). By surface analysis, neve +‎ -icare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ne.viˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ne‧vi‧cà‧re

Verb

nevicàre (third-person only, third-person singular present névica, third-person singular past historic nevicò, past participle nevicàto, auxiliary (all uses) èssere or (also impersonal) avére)

  1. (impersonal) to snow [auxiliary essere or avere]
  2. (intransitive, poetic) to snow down, to fall like snow [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of nevicàre (-are; third-person only) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive nevicàre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund nevicàndo
present participle nevicànte past participle nevicàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — névica — — névicano
imperfect — — nevicàva — — nevicàvano
past historic — — nevicò — — nevicàrono
future — — nevicherà — — nevicherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — nevicherèbbe, nevicherébbe — — nevicherèbbero, nevicherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — névichi — — névichino
imperfect — — nevicàsse — — nevicàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

1All uses.
2Also impersonal.

Further reading
  • nevicare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • nevicare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • nevicare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • nevicare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • nevicare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • nevicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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