osare

See also: osaré

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ausāre, derived from Latin ausus, perfect active participle of audeō (“to dare, venture”). Compare Catalan gosar French oser, Occitan ausar, Portuguese ousar and Spanish osar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oˈza.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: o‧sà‧re

Verb

osàre (first-person singular present òso, first-person singular past historic osài, past participle osàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dare, venture, used with the infinitive (sometimes preceded by di)
    Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi (a), azzardarsi (a)
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XV”, in Inferno, lines 43–45:
      Io non osava scender de la strada
      per andar par di lui; ma ’l capo chino
      tenea com’ uom che reverente vada.
      I did not dare to go down from the road level to walk with him; but my head bowed I held as one who goes reverently.
    • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 106:
      Pera colui che prima osò la mano
      Armata alzar su l’innocente agnella,
      E sul placido bue […]
      May the one who first dared lay his armed hand on the innocent lamb and the peaceful ox die
  2. (intransitive) to dare (to have courage)
    Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi
    Bisogna saper osare ― One must learn to be daring (literally, “It is necessary to be able to dare”)
  3. (transitive) to risk, attempt, followed by an object
    Synonyms: provare (a), tentare (di)
  4. (transitive) to dare, used to attenuate the force of a statement or request
    Oserei dire che... ― I would dare say that...

Conjugation
    Conjugation of osàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive osàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund osàndo
present participle osànte past participle osàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present òso òsi òsa osiàmo osàte òsano
imperfect osàvo osàvi osàva osavàmo osavàte osàvano
past historic osài osàsti osò osàmmo osàste osàrono
future oserò oserài oserà oserémo oseréte oserànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present oserèi oserésti oserèbbe, oserébbe oserémmo oseréste oserèbbero, oserébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present òsi òsi òsi osiàmo osiàte òsino
imperfect osàssi osàssi osàsse osàssimo osàste osàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
òsa òsi osiàmo osàte òsino
negative imperative non osàre non òsi non osiàmo non osàte non òsino

Derived terms

Further reading
  • osare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

osare

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