potare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: po‧tà‧re

Etymology 1

From Latin putāre (to clean, cleanse). Compare Spanish podar.

Verb

potàre (first-person singular present póto, first-person singular past historic potài, past participle potàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to prune, to trim
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin pōtāre (to drink).

Verb

potàre (first-person singular present pòto, first-person singular past historic potài, past participle potàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary, archaic) to drink
    Synonym: (not archaic) bere
Conjugation

Further reading

  • potare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • potare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

pōtāre

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

Spanish

Verb

potare

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