proferire
See also: proferiré
Italian
Alternative forms
- profferire
- proferére, profferére (archaic)
- proferare, profferare (rare)
Etymology
From Latin prōferre (“to bring out, bring forth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.feˈri.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧rì‧re
Verb
proferìre (first-person singular present proferìsco, first-person singular past historic proferìi, past participle proferìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to utter, to pronounce, to express (words, a judgment, a condemnation, etc.)
- (transitive) to offer, to propose
- Synonym: (more common in this sense) profferire
Usage notes
- Irregular forms such as past historic proffèrsi and past participle proffèrto are common especially in the meaning "to offer, to propose". Properly these come from the variant form profferire.
Conjugation
Conjugation of proferìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)