disdire

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzdi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: di‧sdì‧re

Etymology 1

Verb

disdìre (first-person singular present disdìco, first-person singular past historic disdìssi, past participle disdétto, first-person singular imperfect disdicévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (law) to cancel; to call off; to annul (a booking, contract, etc.)

   Synonyms: cancellare, annullare

2. (rare) to unsay (to deny having said); to refute; to contradict
3. to countermand
4. (literary) to deny, to ban

   Synonyms: vietare, proibire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of disdìre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	disdìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		disdicèndo
present participle		disdicènte	past participle		disdétto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	disdìco	disdìci	disdìce	disdiciàmo	disdìte	disdìcono
imperfect	disdicévo	disdicévi	disdicéva	disdicevàmo	disdicevàte	disdicévano
past historic	disdìssi	disdicésti	disdìsse	disdicémmo	disdicéste	disdìssero
future	disdirò	disdirài	disdirà	disdirémo	disdiréte	disdirànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	disdirèi	disdirésti	disdirèbbe, disdirébbe	disdirémmo	disdiréste	disdirèbbero, disdirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	disdìca	disdìca	disdìca	disdiciàmo	disdiciàte	disdìcano
imperfect	disdicéssi	disdicéssi	disdicésse	disdicéssimo	disdicéste	disdicéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		disdìci	disdìca	disdiciàmo	disdìte	disdìcano
negative imperative		non disdìre	non disdìca	non disdiciàmo	non disdìte	non disdìcano

Etymology 2

From Latin dēdecere; reconstructed by analogy with addirsi.

Verb

disdìre (third-person only, third-person singular present disdìce, third-person singular past historic disdìsse, no past participle, third-person singular imperfect disdicéva) (intransitive)

1. to not suit, to not be becoming

Conjugation

    Conjugation of disdìre (-ere; third-person only; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	disdìre
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		disdicèndo
present participle		disdicènte	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	disdìce	—	—	disdìcono
imperfect	—	—	disdicéva	—	—	disdicévano
past historic	—	—	disdìsse	—	—	disdìssero
future	—	—	disdirà	—	—	disdirànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	disdirèbbe, disdirébbe	—	—	disdirèbbero, disdirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	disdìca	—	—	disdìcano
imperfect	—	—	disdicésse	—	—	disdicéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—