abbisognare

Italian

Etymology

From ab- (to) + bisogno (need, noun) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bi.zoɲˈɲa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bi‧so‧gnà‧re

Verb

abbisognàre (first-person singular present abbisógno, first-person singular past historic abbisognài, past participle abbisognàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to need
    Synonym: necessitare
    Tutti abbisognano di buoni consigli.Everybody needs good advice.
  2. (literary, intransitive) to be necessary
    Synonyms: bisognare, occorrere
    Ti abbisogna nulla?Do you need anything? (literally, “Is anything necessary to you?”)

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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