svernare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zverˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sver‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

From s- + verno.

Alternative forms

Verb

svernàre (first-person singular present svèrno, first-person singular past historic svernài, past participle svernàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to winter, to spend the winter [+ in (some location) = in] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to hibernate (of animals or buds) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: ibernare
  3. (intransitive) to survive the winter [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to winter (troops, horses, etc.), to cause to spend the winter [+ in (some location) = in]
Conjugation
Further reading
  • svernare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • svernare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Etymology 2

From s- + vernare (to bring spring).

Alternative forms

Verb

svernàre (first-person singular present svèrno, first-person singular past historic svernài, past participle svernàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, intransitive)

  1. (intransitive) to sing in spring (of birds) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Further reading
  • svernare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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