desirare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan dezirar, from Latin dēsīderāre, present infinitive of dēsīderō (I want, desire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ziˈra.re/, [d̪iz̪iˈr̺äːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧si‧rà‧re

Verb

desirare

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To wish, desire.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto XV, p. 225 vv. 102-105:
      E 'l segnor mi parea, benigno e mite, ¶ risponder lei con viso temperato: ¶ «Che farem noi a chi mal ne disira, ¶ se quei che ci ama è per noi condannato?».
      And the lord seemed to me benign and mild ¶ to answer her with aspect temperate: ¶ «What shall we do to those who wish us ill, ¶ if he who loves us be by us condemned?»

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