favellare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fābellāre, present active infinitive of *fābellō (“I speak”), derived from Latin fābella, diminutive of fābula (“narrative; story”), or from fābulor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.velˈla.re/, [fäve̞l̺ˈl̺äːr̺e̞]
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: fa‧vel‧là‧re
Verb
favellare
- (intransitive, literary) to speak or talk
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXIII, lines 4–6:
- Poi cominciò: «Tu vuo' ch'io rinovelli ¶ disperato dolor che 'l cor mi preme ¶ già pur pensando, pria ch'io ne favelli. […] »
- Then he began: "Thou wilt that I renew the desperate grief, which wrings my heart already to think of only, ere I speak of it"
- Synonym: parlare
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- (transitive, literary, rare, poetic) to bespeak (to speak about; to tell of)
- Donde ei venga, infelici, il sapete, e sperate che gioia favelli?
- Whence he comes from, o wretches, you know, yet you hope that he bespeaks joy?
Conjugation
Conjugation of favellare
infinitive | favellare | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | favellando | |||
present participle | favellante | past participle | favellato | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | favello | favelli | favella | favelliamo | favellate | favellano |
imperfect | favellavo | favellavi | favellava | favellavamo | favellavate | favellavano |
past historic | favellai | favellasti | favellò | favellammo | favellaste | favellarono |
future | favellerò | favellerai | favellerà | favelleremo | favellerete | favelleranno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | favellerei | favelleresti | favellerebbe | favelleremmo | favellereste | favellerebbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | favelli | favelli | favelli | favelliamo | favelliate | favellino |
imperfect | favellassi | favellassi | favellasse | favellassimo | favellaste | favellassero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
favella, non favellare | favelli | favelliamo | favellate | favellino |
Synonyms
- (speak, talk): parlare
Derived terms
Noun
favellare m (plural favellari)
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