scendere

Italian

Etymology

From a reduction of the prefix in discendere, from Latin dēscendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃen.de.re/, */ˈʃɛn.de.re/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -endere, -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: scén‧de‧re, scèn‧de‧re

Verb

scéndere or scèndere (first-person singular present scéndo or scèndo, first-person singular past historic scési, past participle scéso, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) to go (all the way) down, come (all the way) down (the stairs)
    scendere le scale ― to go down the stairs
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) to climb (all the way) down (a ladder)
    scendere la scala ― to climb down the ladder
  3. (intransitive) to descend, move downward; go down
    scendere (al piano di sotto) ― to go downstairs
    scendere in città ― to go into the city; go to town
    scendere in piazza ― to take to the streets (in protest)
  4. (intransitive) to climb down from, come down from
    Synonym: discendere
    scendere dall'albero ― to come down from the tree
  5. (intransitive) to get out of (bed)
    scendere dal letto ― to get out of bed
  6. (intransitive) to get off; get out of; disembark from; alight
    Synonyms: discendere, smontare
    scendere dal treno ― to get off the train
    scendere dalla macchina ― to get out of the car
  7. (intransitive) to flow down, run down, descend (of a river)
  8. (intransitive) to fall (to the ground) (of rain)
    Synonyms: cadere, precipitare
  9. (intransitive) to drop, fall, go down (of levels, temperature)
    Synonyms: cadere, calare, diminuire

Conjugation

Antonyms

References

  1. scendere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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