Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, possibly from Lombardic *bauzzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bussàre (first-person singular present bùsso, first-person singular past historic bussài, past participle bussàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to knock
- 1973, “La casa di Hilde”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
- Io mi ricordo che avevo paura / Quando bussammo alla porta / Ma lei sorrise e ci disse di entrare / Era vestita di chiaro
- I remember I was scared / When we knocked on the door / But she smiled and told us to come in / She was dressed brightly
- (card games) in the game of tressette, to request that one's partner follow suit by rapping on the table (with the knuckles or the card in question)
- (figurative) to ask (for money)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of bussàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | bussàre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | bussàndo | |||
| present participle | bussànte | past participle | bussàto | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | bùsso | bùssi | bùssa | bussiàmo | bussàte | bùssano |
| imperfect | bussàvo | bussàvi | bussàva | bussavàmo | bussavàte | bussàvano |
| past historic | bussài | bussàsti | bussò | bussàmmo | bussàste | bussàrono |
| future | busserò | busserài | busserà | busserémo | busseréte | busserànno |
| conditional | busserèi | busserésti | busserèbbe, busserébbe | busserémmo | busseréste | busserèbbero, busserébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | bùssi | bùssi | bùssi | bussiàmo | bussiàte | bùssino |
| imperfect | bussàssi | bussàssi | bussàsse | bussàssimo | bussàste | bussàssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| bùssa | bùssi | bussiàmo | bussàte | bùssino | ||
| negative imperative | non bussàre | non bùssi | non bussiàmo | non bussàte | non bùssino | |
References
[edit]- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “bussare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Anagrams
[edit]Neapolitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- bussà (alt. spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]bussare
- to knock
- Synonyms: toppetiare, tozzoliare
References
[edit]- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “bussare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[1]
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