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volere

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /voˈle.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lé‧re

Verb

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volĂ©re (first-person singular present vĂČglio, first-person singular past historic vĂČlli, past participle volĂčto, first-person singular future vorrĂČ, second-person singular imperative vĂČgli, auxiliary avĂ©re)

  1. (transitive, modal) to want
    Alternative form: (apocopic) voler

Usage examples

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  • Similarly to dovere, the auxiliary of the verb itself is avere, but it changes according to the auxiliary of the following verb, e.g.:
    L'ho voluto mangiare.
    I had wanted to eat it.
    C'Ăš voluta andare.
    She had wanted to go there.

Conjugation

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Including dialectal or non-standard forms:

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Esperanto: voli, volo
  • → Ido: volar

See also

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Noun

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volere m (plural voleri)

  1. will, wish, desire, want
    Synonym: volontĂ 

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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volēre

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

Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularised from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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volere

  1. to want

References

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