perdonare

See also: perdonaré

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin perdōnāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /per.doˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: per‧do‧nà‧re

Verb

perdonàre (first-person singular present perdóno, first-person singular past historic perdonài, past participle perdonàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to forgive, pardon, excuse
    Synonym: scusare
    • 2019, Simone Cristicchi (lyrics and music), “Abbi cura di me”, in Abbi cura di me:
      Tu arrenditi a tutto, non giudicare chi sbaglia / perdona chi ti ha ferito, abbraccialo adesso / perché l’impresa più grande è perdonare se stesso.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to forgive, pardon

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • perdonare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

perdōnāre

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

Spanish

Verb

perdonare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of perdonar
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