vedere
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vedére (first-person singular present védo, first-person singular past historic vìdi, past participle vìsto or (less popular) vedùto, first-person singular future vedrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to see
- to look at
- to meet
- to visit
- to grasp (an idea)
- to make sure [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (otherwise, there will be a negative consequence)
- Vedi di finirla! ― Stop it! [or I will get mad] (literally, “See of stopping!”)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of vedére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | vedére | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | vedèndo | |||
| present participle | vedènte, veggènte | past participle | vìsto, vedùto1 | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | védo | védi | véde | vediàmo | vedéte | védono |
| imperfect | vedévo | vedévi | vedéva | vedevàmo | vedevàte | vedévano |
| past historic | vìdi | vedésti | vìde | vedémmo | vedéste | vìdero |
| future | vedrò | vedrài | vedrà | vedrémo | vedréte | vedrànno |
| conditional | vedrèi | vedrésti | vedrèbbe, vedrébbe | vedrémmo | vedréste | vedrèbbero, vedrébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | véda | véda | véda | vediàmo | vediàte | védano |
| imperfect | vedéssi | vedéssi | vedésse | vedéssimo | vedéste | vedéssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| védi | véda | vediàmo | vedéte | védano | ||
| negative imperative | non vedére | non véda | non vediàmo | non vedéte | non védano | |
1Less popular.
Including lesser-used forms:
Conjugation of vedére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Literary.
2Archaic or poetic.
3Archaic.
4Popular.
5Archaic or popular.
6Less popular.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ vedere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ^ vedere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
[edit]- vedere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- vedere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Middle High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old High German fëdara.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vëdere f (plural vëdere or vëderen)
- feather
- Ër strîchet sîniu kleider, daȥ ein vëder niht an im belîbet.
- He strokes his own clothes, that a feather would not remain on him.
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Cimbrian: vèdara, bèdara (Mezzaselva)
- German: Feder
- Luxembourgish: Fieder
- Vilamovian: faoder
- Yiddish: פֿעדער (feder)
Neapolitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vedere
References
[edit]- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1250: “avreste dovuto vedere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “vedere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[1]
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vedere f (plural vederi)
- sight (the act of seeing)
- la prima vedere ― on first sight
- la vedere ― in the open, in plain sight
- a pierde pe cineva din vedere ― to lose sight of someone
- sight (ability to see)
- Synonym: văz
- view (scenery, vista)
- Synonym: priveliște
- illustrated postcard
- (now uncommon) synonym of viziune (“vision, principle, concept”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “vedere”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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