scottare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *excoctāre, derived from Latin excoctus, perfect passive participle of excoquō (“to boil; to melt; to dry up”), derived from coquō (“to cook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skotˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: scot‧tà‧re
Verb
scottàre (first-person singular present scòtto, first-person singular past historic scottài, past participle scottàto, auxiliary (in most meanings) avére or (in the intransitive meaning "to hurt, to pain") èssere)
- (transitive) to scorch, to singe, to burn, to scald
- il sole scotta la pelle ― the sun burns the skin
- (transitive, by extension, cooking) to boil or fry briefly, to parboil (meat or vegetables)
- (transitive, figurative) to deeply irritate; to insult; to offend
- (intransitive) to burn, to be hot [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: bruciare
- il fornello scotta ― the burner is hot
- (intransitive, hyperbolic, by extension) to be excessively hot, especially because of a fever [auxiliary avere] (of a person or body part)
- quel bambino scotta ― that boy is (excessively) hot
- (intransitive, figurative) to be of interest, to interest [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: interessare
- domande che scottano ― burning questions
- (intransitive) to be precarious or in jeopardy [auxiliary avere]
- la cattedra scotta
- the professorship is precarious
- (intransitive, figurative) to hurt, to pain, to provoke displeasure [+ a (object)] [auxiliary essere]
- talvota la verità scotta
- the truth hurts sometimes
- (intransitive, slang) to be hot, to be stolen (of illegally obtained goods) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of scottàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | scottàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére1, èssere2 | gerund | scottàndo | |||
present participle | scottànte | past participle | scottàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | scòtto | scòtti | scòtta | scottiàmo | scottàte | scòttano |
imperfect | scottàvo | scottàvi | scottàva | scottavàmo | scottavàte | scottàvano |
past historic | scottài | scottàsti | scottò | scottàmmo | scottàste | scottàrono |
future | scotterò | scotterài | scotterà | scotterémo | scotteréte | scotterànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | scotterèi | scotterésti | scotterèbbe, scotterébbe | scotterémmo | scotteréste | scotterèbbero, scotterébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | scòtti | scòtti | scòtti | scottiàmo | scottiàte | scòttino |
imperfect | scottàssi | scottàssi | scottàsse | scottàssimo | scottàste | scottàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
scòtta | scòtti | scottiàmo | scottàte | scòttino | ||
negative imperative | non scottàre | non scòtti | non scottiàmo | non scottàte | non scòttino |
1In most meanings.
2In the intransitive meaning "to hurt, to pain".
Derived terms
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