chiamare
Italian
Etymology
From Latin clāmāre, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”). Doublet of clamare, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kjaˈma.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: chia‧mà‧re
Verb
chiamàre (first-person singular present chiàmo, first-person singular past historic chiamài, past participle chiamàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to call
- (transitive) to telephone
- Synonym: telefonare
- (transitive) to name
- (transitive) to dub
Conjugation
Conjugation of chiamàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Sabir: kiamar
Further reading
- chiamare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana