osare

See also: osaré

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ausāre, present active infinitive of *ausō, derived from Latin ausus, perfect active participle of audeō (“I dare, venture”). Compare Catalan gosar French oser, Occitan ausar, Portuguese ousar and Spanish osar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oˈza.re/, [oˈz̪äːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: osàre
  • Hyphenation: o‧sa‧re

Verb

osare

  1. (transitive) to dare, venture, used with the infinitive (sometimes preceded by di)
    Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi (a), azzardarsi (a)
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XV, lines 43–45, page 225:
      Io non osava scender de la strada ¶ per andar par di lui; ma ’l capo chino ¶ tenea com’ uom che reverente vada.
      I did not dare to go down from the road level to walk with him; but my head bowed I held as one who goes reverently.
    • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 106:
      Pera colui che prima osò la mano ¶ Armata alzar su l’innocente agnella, ¶ E sul placido bue
      May the one who first dared lay his armed hand on the innocent lamb and the peaceful ox die
  2. (intransitive) to dare (to have courage)
    Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi
    Bisogna saper osare ― One must learn to be daring (literally, “It is necessary to be able to dare”)
  3. (transitive) to risk, attempt, followed by an object
    Synonyms: provare (a), tentare (di)
  4. (transitive) to dare, used to attenuate the force of a statement or request
    Oserei dire che... ― I would dare say that...

Conjugation
    Conjugation of osare
infinitive osare
auxiliary verb avere gerund osando
present participle osante past participle osato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present oso osi osa osiamo osate osano
imperfect osavo osavi osava osavamo osavate osavano
past historic osai osasti osò osammo osaste osarono
future oserò oserai oserà oseremo oserete oseranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present oserei oseresti oserebbe oseremmo osereste oserebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present osi osi osi osiamo osiate osino
imperfect osassi osassi osasse osassimo osaste osassero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
osa, non osare osi osiamo osate osino

Anagrams

References
  • osare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Verb

osare

  1. First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of osar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) future subjunctive form of osar.
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