zelare

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin zēlāre (to love ardently or zealously).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zeˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ze‧là‧re

Verb

zelàre (first-person singular present zèlo, first-person singular past historic zelài, past participle zelàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic or literary, rare)

  1. (intransitive) to be zealous (especially in a religious sense) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive) to be zealous or passionate about

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

zēlāre

  1. inflection of zēlō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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