ormare

Italian

Etymology

From orma +‎ -are, perhaps connected to a Vulgar Latin root *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Romanian urma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: or‧mà‧re

Verb

ormàre (first-person singular present órmo, first-person singular past historic ormài, past participle ormàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, literary)

  1. (transitive) to follow the tracks (of an animal)
  2. (transitive) to hunt (an animal) by following the tracks
  3. (intransitive) to hunt by following tracks
  4. (transferred sense, transitive) to hunt, pursue (a person)
    Synonym: inseguire
    1. to keep (a person) under surveillance
      Synonyms: pedinare, sorvegliare
  5. (figurative, transitive) to follow in someone's footsteps
    Synonym: seguire le orme
  6. (figurative, transitive) to retrace or reconstruct through historical research
    Synonym: ricostruire
  7. (figurative, transitive) to investigate
    Synonym: indagare
  8. (military, transitive) to follow closely, to press
    Synonym: incalzare
  9. (intransitive) to leave footprints

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ormàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ormàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund ormàndo
present participle ormànte past participle ormàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present órmo órmi órma ormiàmo ormàte órmano
imperfect ormàvo ormàvi ormàva ormavàmo ormavàte ormàvano
past historic ormài ormàsti ormò ormàmmo ormàste ormàrono
future ormerò ormerài ormerà ormerémo ormeréte ormerànno
conditional ormerèi ormerésti ormerèbbe, ormerébbe ormerémmo ormeréste ormerèbbero, ormerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present órmi órmi órmi ormiàmo ormiàte órmino
imperfect ormàssi ormàssi ormàsse ormàssimo ormàste ormàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
órma órmi ormiàmo ormàte órmino
negative imperative non ormàre non órmi non ormiàmo non ormàte non órmino

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