seminare

See also: Seminare

Estonian

Noun

seminare

partitive plural of seminar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēmināre (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se.miˈna.re/
Rhymes: -are
Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

seminàre (first-person singular present sémino, first-person singular past historic seminài, past participle seminàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

(also figurative) to sow; to seed
Synonym: piantare

seminare il grano ― to sow the grain

seminare discordia ― to sow [the seeds of] discord
(figurative, by extension) to leave or forget items here and there, messily; to strew
Synonyms: spargere, disseminare, diffondere, sparpagliare

ha seminato i suoi vestiti per la stanza
he left his clothes strewn about the room
(figurative, by extension) to leave behind, covering one's tracks; to shake off
i ladri sono riusciti a seminare la macchina della polizia
the thieves were able to leave the police car behind
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
  Julia, in effetti, non cercava di seminarlo; allungava il passo solo per non averlo accanto.
  She did not actually try to shake him off, but walked at just such a speed as to prevent his keeping abreast of her.
  (literally, “Julia, in effect, was not trying to shake him off; she was lengthening her stride just so that he wouldn't be right beside her.”)

Conjugation

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

person	singular			plural
infinitive	seminàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		seminàndo
present participle		seminànte	past participle		seminàto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	sémino	sémini	sémina	seminiàmo	seminàte	séminano
imperfect	seminàvo	seminàvi	seminàva	seminavàmo	seminavàte	seminàvano
past historic	seminài	seminàsti	seminò	seminàmmo	seminàste	seminàrono
future	seminerò	seminerài	seminerà	seminerémo	semineréte	seminerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	seminerèi	seminerésti	seminerèbbe, seminerébbe	seminerémmo	semineréste	seminerèbbero, seminerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	sémini	sémini	sémini	seminiàmo	seminiàte	séminino
imperfect	seminàssi	seminàssi	seminàsse	seminàssimo	seminàste	seminàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		sémina	sémini	seminiàmo	seminàte	séminino
negative imperative		non seminàre	non sémini	non seminiàmo	non seminàte	non séminino

Related terms

Anagrams

Miranese, marinese, meranesi, seminerà

Latin

Verb

sēmināre

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