desiderativo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dēsīderātīvus, derived from Classical Latin dēsīderātus, perfect passive participle of dēsīderō (“to desire, to wish for”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.zi.de.raˈti.vo/, (traditional) /de.si.de.raˈti.vo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: de‧si‧de‧ra‧tì‧vo
Adjective
desiderativo (feminine desiderativa, masculine plural desiderativi, feminine plural desiderative)
- (grammar) desiderative
- Synonym: ottativo
Noun
desiderativo m (plural desiderativi)
- (linguistics, grammar) desiderative (mood)
- Synonym: ottativo
References
- desidero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- desiderativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Adjective
desiderativo (feminine desiderativa, masculine plural desiderativos, feminine plural desiderativas)
- desiderative; wishful
Further reading
- “desiderativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014