manducare

manducare

See also: manducaré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of mangiare, manicare, and manucare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.duˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: man‧du‧cà‧re

Verb

manducàre (first-person singular present mandùco, first-person singular past historic manducài, past participle manducàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, obsolete, now chiefly humorous) to eat

   Synonyms: mangiare, (obsolete, rare) manicare, (obsolete) manucare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manducàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	manducàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		manducàndo
present participle		manducànte	past participle		manducàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	mandùco	mandùchi	mandùca	manduchiàmo	manducàte	mandùcano
imperfect	manducàvo	manducàvi	manducàva	manducavàmo	manducavàte	manducàvano
past historic	manducài	manducàsti	manducò	manducàmmo	manducàste	manducàrono
future	manducherò	manducherài	manducherà	manducherémo	manducheréte	manducherànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	manducherèi	manducherésti	manducherèbbe, manducherébbe	manducherémmo	manducheréste	manducherèbbero, manducherébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	mandùchi	mandùchi	mandùchi	manduchiàmo	manduchiàte	mandùchino
imperfect	manducàssi	manducàssi	manducàsse	manducàssimo	manducàste	manducàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		mandùca	mandùchi	manduchiàmo	manducàte	mandùchino
negative imperative		nonmanducàre	non mandùchi	non manduchiàmo	non manducàte	non mandùchino

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

mandūcāre

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

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Spanish

Verb

manducare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of manducar