praticare

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prāctica (“practical affairs, business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ, “practice, experience”), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “I do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra.tiˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pra‧ti‧cà‧re

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Verb

praticàre (first-person singular present pràtico, first-person singular past historic praticài, past participle praticàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to put into practise/practice, to implement
2. (transitive) to perform (an injection, a massage, an incision, artificial respiration, etc.)
3. (transitive) to pierce, to bore (a hole, a window in a wall, a pit, etc.)
4. (transitive) to practise/practice (medicine, law, science, etc.)
5. (transitive) to observe (a custom)
6. (transitive, sports) to play
7. (transitive) to mix with, associate with (people)
8. (intransitive) to mix, to associate [with con ‘with (someone)’] [auxiliary avere]
9. (transitive) to frequent (a place)
10. (intransitive) to frequent [with in ‘a place’] [auxiliary avere]
11. (transitive) to have sexual relations with
12. (transitive) to give (a discount)
13. (transitive, uncommon) to pass easily along (a road or path)
14. (intransitive, uncommon) to pass easily along [with in ‘a road or path’] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of praticàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	praticàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		praticàndo
present participle		praticànte	past participle		praticàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	pràtico	pràtichi	pràtica	pratichiàmo	praticàte	pràticano
imperfect	praticàvo	praticàvi	praticàva	praticavàmo	praticavàte	praticàvano
past historic	praticài	praticàsti	praticò	praticàmmo	praticàste	praticàrono
future	praticherò	praticherài	praticherà	praticherémo	praticheréte	praticherànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	praticherèi	praticherésti	praticherèbbe, praticherébbe	praticherémmo	praticheréste	praticherèbbero, praticherébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	pràtichi	pràtichi	pràtichi	pratichiàmo	pratichiàte	pràtichino
imperfect	praticàssi	praticàssi	praticàsse	praticàssimo	praticàste	praticàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		pràtica	pràtichi	pratichiàmo	praticàte	pràtichino
negative imperative		non praticàre	non pràtichi	non pratichiàmo	non praticàte	non pràtichino

Derived terms

• praticante

Anagrams

• paratrice, per carità, perticara