satisfare

See also: satisfaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfacere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.tiˈsfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ti‧sfà‧re

Verb

satisfàre (first-person singular present satisfàccio, first-person singular past historic satisféci, past participle satisfàtto, first-person singular imperfect satisfacévo, second-person singular imperative satisfài or satisfà', auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) Alternative form of soddisfare
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XVI”, in Inferno, lines 79–81:
      «Se l'altre volte sì poco ti costa», ¶ rispuoser tutti, «il satisfare altrui, ¶ felice te se sì parli a tua posta! []»
      «If other times so little it doth cost thee», ¶ replied they all, «to satisfy another, ¶ happy art thou, thus speaking at thy will!»

Conjugation

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