ostare
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obstāre (infinitive obstāre).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ostàre (first-person singular present òsto, no past historic, no past participle)
- (intransitive, literary) to stand in the way of, to hinder, to oppose [with a]
- Synonyms: impedire, ostacolare
Usage notes
[edit]- The verb lacks the historic past tense forms and the past participle form.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ostàre (-are; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | ostàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | — | gerund | ostàndo | |||
present participle | ostànte | past participle | — | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | òsto | òsti | òsta | ostiàmo | ostàte | òstano |
imperfect | ostàvo | ostàvi | ostàva | ostavàmo | ostavàte | ostàvano |
past historic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
future | osterò | osterài | osterà | osterémo | osteréte | osterànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | osterèi | osterésti | osterèbbe, osterébbe | osterémmo | osteréste | osterèbbero, osterébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | òsti | òsti | òsti | ostiàmo | ostiàte | òstino |
imperfect | ostàssi | ostàssi | ostàsse | ostàssimo | ostàste | ostàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
òsta | òsti | ostiàmo | ostàte | òstino | ||
negative imperative | non ostàre | non òsti | non ostiàmo | non ostàte | non òstino |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ostare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian semi-learned borrowings from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian defective verbs
- Italian verbs with missing past historic
- Italian verbs with missing past participle
- Italian verbs lacking composed tenses
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian literary terms