procombere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Latin prōcumbere (“to fall forward; to sink down; to prostrate oneself”), derived from an unattested *cumbō (“I lie down, recline”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /proˈkom.be.re/
  • Rhymes: -ombere
  • Hyphenation: pro‧cóm‧be‧re

Verb

procómbere (first-person singular present procómbo, first-person singular past historic procombétti or (traditional) procombètti, no past participle) (intransitive, literary)

  1. to fall forward
    1. to fall in combat while facing one's enemy
  2. (figurative) to be overwhelmed

Conjugation
    Conjugation of procómbere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive procómbere
auxiliary verb — gerund procombèndo
present participle procombènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present procómbo procómbi procómbe procombiàmo procombéte procómbono
imperfect procombévo procombévi procombéva procombevàmo procombevàte procombévano
past historic procombétti, procombètti1 procombésti procombétte, procombètte1 procombémmo procombéste procombéttero, procombèttero1
future procomberò procomberài procomberà procomberémo procomberéte procomberànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present procomberèi procomberésti procomberèbbe, procomberébbe procomberémmo procomberéste procomberèbbero, procomberébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present procómba procómba procómba procombiàmo procombiàte procómbano
imperfect procombéssi procombéssi procombésse procombéssimo procombéste procombéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
procómbi procómba procombiàmo procombéte procómbano
negative imperative non procómbere non procómba non procombiàmo non procombéte non procómbano

1Traditional.

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