comparire
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kom.paˈri.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: com‧pa‧rì‧re
Verb
comparìre (first-person singular present compàio or comparìsco, first-person singular past historic compàrvi or (less common) comparìi or (ditto) compàrsi, past participle compàrso, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
1Less common.
Including lesser-used forms:
1Less common.
2Rare.
Verb
comparìre (first-person singular present comparìsco or compàio, first-person singular past historic compàrvi, past participle compàrso, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Verb
comparìre (first-person singular present comparìsco or compàio, first-person singular past historic compàrsi, past participle compàrso, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Verb
comparìre (first-person singular present comparìsco, first-person singular past historic comparìi, past participle compàrso, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]
- to stand out, to be noticed, to make an impression
Conjugation
Usage notes
- Beware of the different meanings and differing associated present and past historic forms:
- In the present, both irregular compaio/compare and regularized comparisco/comparisce occur, but in the meaning "to stand out, to make a (good) impression", only the latter is possible.
- There are three possible past historic forms, (a) irregular comparvi/comparve; (b) irregular comparsi/comparse; (c) regular comparii/comparì. Each has different uses; see above for the specifics. All three can be used interchangeably only in the senses "to appear to be (something)" and "to be revealed".
- The past participle comparso is the same for all uses. The variant comparito is rare.
Related terms
See also
- apparire
- dirittare