succedere

Borrowed from Latin succēdere, from sub + cēdō.

• IPA^(key): /sutˈt͡ʃɛ.de.re/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdere
• Hyphenation: suc‧cè‧de‧re

succèdere (first-person singular present succèdo, first-person singular past historic succèssi or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedétti or (ditto, traditional) succedètti, past participle succèsso or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedùto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]

1. to take the place (of), to succeed (in an office) [+ a (object)]

   Synonym: subentrare

   Ad Augusto, primo imperatore romano, succedette Tiberio.

   Tiberius succeeded Augustus, the first Roman emperor.

   (literally, “To Augustus […] succeeded Tiberius.”)

2. (obsolete) to fall heir to; to be inherited by (of property) [+ a (object)]
   • […] non avea alcun erede, né a chi legittimamente succedesse il suo

     [he] had no heirs, nor anyone to righfully inherit his [property]

3. to follow in order; to come after [+ a (object)]

   Synonym: seguire

   All'alba succede il tramonto.

   Sunset comes after sunrise.

   (literally, “To sunrise succeeds sunset.”)

4. to be subsequent or consequent (to); to follow [+ a (object)]

   Synonym: susseguirsi

   A quelle parole successe un putiferio.

   A ruckus followed those words.

   (literally, “To those words succeeded a ruckus.”)

5. (obsolete) to be able to, to manage to, to be successful in

   Synonym: riuscire

   • Di ferir lui ¶ Non gli successe, ma del grande Acate ¶ Graffiò la coscia lievemente

     He was not able to hurt him, but he lightly scratched the thigh of the great Achates

6. to happen, to occur, to take place

   Synonyms: accadere, capitare

   Facciamolo succedere. ― Let's make that happen.

• In the meaning "to happen, occur", the verb can only take successi as the past historic form and successo as the past participle form.
• In the meaning "to succeed (someone in an office)", the verb normally takes succedetti as the remote past form and succeduto as the past participle form.

succēdēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of succēdō

succēdere

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

• IPA^(key): /suk.ˈt͡ʃe.de.re/
• Rhymes: -edere
• Hyphenation: suc‧ce‧de‧re

succedere f (plural succederi)

1. Alternative form of succedare