improbo

See also: improbó and ímprobo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin improbus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈim.pro.bo/
  • Rhymes: -improbo
  • Hyphenation: ìm‧pro‧bo

Adjective

improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)

  1. hard, laborious (work)
  2. (literary) dishonest

Derived terms

Further reading
  • improbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From in- (not) +‎ probō.

Verb

improbō (present infinitive improbāre, perfect active improbāvī, supine improbātum); first conjugation

  1. to disapprove
  2. to blame, condemn, reject
Conjugation
   Conjugation of improbō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present improbō improbās improbat improbāmus improbātis improbant
imperfect improbābam improbābās improbābat improbābāmus improbābātis improbābant
future improbābō improbābis improbābit improbābimus improbābitis improbābunt
perfect improbāvī improbāvistī improbāvit improbāvimus improbāvistis improbāvērunt,
improbāvēre
pluperfect improbāveram improbāverās improbāverat improbāverāmus improbāverātis improbāverant
future perfect improbāverō improbāveris improbāverit improbāverimus improbāveritis improbāverint
passive present improbor improbāris,
improbāre		 improbātur improbāmur improbāminī improbantur
imperfect improbābar improbābāris,
improbābāre		 improbābātur improbābāmur improbābāminī improbābantur
future improbābor improbāberis,
improbābere		 improbābitur improbābimur improbābiminī improbābuntur
perfect improbātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect improbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect improbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present improbem improbēs improbet improbēmus improbētis improbent
imperfect improbārem improbārēs improbāret improbārēmus improbārētis improbārent
perfect improbāverim improbāverīs improbāverit improbāverīmus improbāverītis improbāverint
pluperfect improbāvissem improbāvissēs improbāvisset improbāvissēmus improbāvissētis improbāvissent
passive present improber improbēris,
improbēre		 improbētur improbēmur improbēminī improbentur
imperfect improbārer improbārēris,
improbārēre		 improbārētur improbārēmur improbārēminī improbārentur
perfect improbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect improbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — improbā — — improbāte —
future — improbātō improbātō — improbātōte improbantō
passive present — improbāre — — improbāminī —
future — improbātor improbātor — — improbantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives improbāre improbāvisse improbātūrum esse improbārī improbātum esse improbātum īrī
participles improbāns — improbātūrus — improbātus improbandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
improbandī improbandō improbandum improbandō improbātum improbātū
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: improbate
  • Portuguese: improbar, improvar
  • Spanish: improbar
  • Italian: improbare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

improbō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of improbus

References
  • “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • improbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)
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