chiudere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin clūdere, ultimately from claudere, claudō, from Proto-Italic *klaudō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkju.de.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: chiù‧de‧re

Verb

chiùdere (first-person singular present chiùdo, first-person singular past historic chiùsi, past participle chiùso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to close, to shut
    Non dimenticare di chiudere il gas prima di uscire.
    Don't forget to turn off the gas before going out.
    chiudere a chiaveto lock
    Synonym: serrare
    Antonym: aprire
  2. (intransitive) to close [auxiliary avere]
    la porta non chiude benethe door doesn't close well
    la scuola ha chiusothe school closed
  3. (intransitive, figurative, informal) to be done [+ con (someone or something) = with] (to stop any relationship or connection with) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • chiudere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • chiudere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • chiudere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • chiudere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • chiùdere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • chiùdere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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