IPA (key ) : /esːeˈre/ [ʔɛsːɛˈɾɛ] Hyphenation:es‧se‧re esseré
( transitive ) ask Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language ][3] , Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato kooesserra . Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration,we as oneask you for help with our affairs. ( transitive ) visit E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985 ), “essere”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London,→ISBN Inherited fromLatin sum, esse . The infinitive form is attested already fromEarly Medieval Latin essere . The past participlestato , shared with the verbstare , is fromLatin stātus .
èssere (first-person singular present sóno ,first-person singular past historic fùi ,past participle stàto ,first-person singular imperfect èro ,first-person singular future sarò ,first-person singular subjunctive sìa ,first-person singular imperfect subjunctive fóssi ,second-person singular imperative sìi ,auxiliary èssere )
Used as acopula . tobe Siamo qui. ―Weare here. Sei bellissima. ―Youare very beautiful. Giovanniè di Napoli. ―Giovanniis from Naples. Chiè stato ? ―Whowas it? Sarò a casa tra cinque minuti. ―Iwill be home in five minutes. Nonè come dici. ―Itis not as you say. Denotes absolute time. È venerdì, domanisarà sabato. ―Itis Friday, tomorrow itwill be Saturday. È l'una.Sono le tre e mezza. ―Itis one o' clock. Itis a half past three. È ora di andarsene. ―Itis time to go. È estate. ―Itis summer È presto.È tardi. ―Itis early. Itis late. È giorno.È notte. ―Itis daytime. Itis nighttime. È buio fuori. ―Itis dark outside. Used with as anauxiliary in the conjugation of other verbs, before their past participle. Forms composite forms of someintransitive verbs. Seethe full list . Sono andato. ―I went, Ihad gone. Sarei tornato. ―Iwould have come back. Forms composite forms forpassive voice for all verbs. Avrà fatto.Sarà fatto. ―He will have done. Itwill be done. Ha mangiato.È mangiato.È stato mangiato. ―He ate. Itis eaten. Ithas been eaten. Forms composite forms forreflexive voice for all verbs Ho visto. Misono visto. ―I saw. I saw myself. Essendosi calmato, si scusò. ―Having calmed down, he apologised.( intransitive ) toexist ,there be Most commonly withci orvi , see the appropriate entries atesserci andesservi for more information. ( archaic ) Without anyclitics . 1314 (volume), 1321 (full book) ,Dante Alighieri , “III ”, inDivina Commedia [Divine Commedy ], volumeInferno [hell ] (allegorical-didacticpoem ,lyric poetry ), lines7–8 :Dinanzi a me nonfuor cose create / se non etterne, […] Before meexisted not created things / if not eternal, […] (literally, “Before me [there]were n’t created things / if not eternal, […] ”) 1314 (volume), 1321 (full book) ,Dante Alighieri , “III ”, inDivina Commedia [Divine Commedy ], volumeInferno [Hell ] (allegorical-didacticpoem ,lyric poetry ), lines49–51 :Fama di loro il mondoesser non lassa; / misericordia e giustizia li sdegna: / non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa. Fame of them the world does not letexist ; / mercy and justice disdains them: / let us not think about them, but look and pass by. 1316 (volume), 1321 (full book) ,Dante Alighieri , “XVI ”, inDivina Commedia [Divine Commedy ], volumePurgatorio [Purgatory ] (allegorical-didacticpoem ), line97 :Le leggison , ma chi pon mano ad esse? The lawsexist , but who put its hand on them? 1840 ,Alessandro Manzoni , “XII ”, inI Promessi Sposi [The bethroted spouses ], 3rd:la Quarantana [ the Forty ] edition (novel ,historical fiction ), page251 :Spesso, in simili circostanze, l’annunzio d’una cosa la faessere . Often, in similar circumstances, the announcement of a thing makes ithappen . ( intransitive ) to bereal Non puòessere ! ―It can'tbe ! Sarà , ma non ne sono convinto. ―Itmay be true , but I'm not convinced. ( intransitive ) tohappen ,occur ; tobe Quel cheè stato ,è stato . ―Whateverhappened ,happened . Cosasarà di noi? ―Whatwill be of us? ( intransitive ) tocost Synonyms: ( both more common in questions ) costare ,venire Quant'è ? ―How much does itcost ? (literally, “How muchis it? ”)Sono venti euro. ―Itwill be twenty euros. Denotes spatial and temporal distance. È un quarto d'ora a piedi. ―Itis a fifteen-minute walk. Da Roma a Frascatisono venti chilometri. ―From Rome to Frascatithere are twenty kilometers. ( intransitive , literary ) tolive , bealive 1350–1353 ,Giovanni Boccaccio , “Giornata quinta [Fifth day ]”, inDecameron orDecamerone [The Decameron ] (collection ofNovellas ),Novella nona [Ninth novella], page395 :Dovete adunque sapere che Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, il qualefu nella nostra cittá, e forseè ancora, uomo di grande e di reverenda autoritá ne’ di nostri, […] You must therefore know that Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, wholived in our city, and maybe stilllives there,was , and maybe stillis , a man of great and reverend authority in our days […] (literally, “You must therefore know that Coppo di Borghese Domenichi, whowas in our city, and maybe stillis , a man of great and reverend authority in of our […] ”) ( intransitive , dated ) to beabout to [with per ( +infinitive ) ]Synonym: stare The present participleessente is very rare, and is usually replaced withstante , the present participle ofstare , or with the present participles of its synonyms. Similarly the past participleessuto has disappeared, withstato , the past participle ofstare , being used instead.[ 1] The verbessere , including all of its conjugated forms, is the word that occurs most frequently in speech. When stating an amount, for example amount of money to pay for a service, Italian, unlike English, uses the third pluralsono , not third singularè . 1 With written accent.2 Traditional.3 With syntactic gemination after the verb.
Including lesser-used forms:
infinitive èssere auxiliary verb èssere gerund essèndo ,sèndo 4 present participle essènte 9 ,ènte 4 past participle stàto ,essùto 4 ,sùto 4 person singular plural first second third first second third indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse present sóno sèi è 1 siàmo ,sémo 2 siéte ,siète 3 ,sète 4 sóno ,ènno 2 ,èmmo 4 imperfect èro ,èra 7 èri èra eravàmo ,eràmo 4 ,èramo 4 eravàte ,eràte 4 èrano past historic fùi fósti ,fùsti 4 fù 6 fùmmo fóste ,fùste 4 fùrono ,fùro 4 ,fóre 4 ,fòro 4 ,fuòro 4 future sarò sarài sarà ,fìa 4 ,fìe 4 sarémo saréte sarànno ,fìano 4 ,fìeno 4 ,fìaro 8 ,fìero 8 conditional sarèi ,sarìa 4 ,fòra 4 sarésti sarèbbe ,sarìa 4 ,fòra 4 sarémmo saréste sarèbbero ,sarìano 4 ,fòro 4 subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse present sìa sìa ,sìi 5 sìa siàmo siàte sìano ,sìeno 5 imperfect fóssi ,fùssi 4 fóssi ,fùssi 4 fósse ,fùsse 4 fóssimo ,fùssimo 4 fóste ,fùste 4 fóssero ,fùssero 4 imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro sìi sìa siàmo siàte sìano ,sìeno 5 negative imperative non èssere non sìa non siàmo non siàte non sìano ,non sìeno 5
1 With written accent.2 Archaic or regional.3 Traditional.4 Archaic.5 Literary.6 With syntactic gemination after the verb.7 Archaic or literary.8 Poetic.9 Rare.
Truncated apocopic forms exist for many of the above forms: Classical Roman Dialect:
infinitive èssere auxiliary verb èssere gerund essèndo present participle essènte past participle stàto person singular plural first second third first second third indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse present sò sèi ,sì 1 è 2 sémo ,sìmo 1 séte ,sìte 1 sò ,sònno 3 ,sòco 1 imperfect èro èri èra èrimo èrivo èreno past historic fùi fùssi ,fùsti fù fùssimo ,fùmio fùssivo fùrno future sarò 2 ,serràio 1 sarài ,serrài 1 sarà 2 ,serrào 1 sarémo ,serrémo 1 saréte ,serrete 1 saròrno ,sarànno ,serràco 1 conditional sarébbi ,sarébbe ,sarìa 3 ,fòra 1 saréssi ,fòri 1 sarébbe ,sarìa 3 ,fòra 1 saréssimo saréssivo sarébbeno ,sarìano 3 ,fórano 1 subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse present sìi sìi sìi sémo séte sìino imperfect fùssi fùssi fùsse fùssimo fùssivo fùssino imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro èssi sìi sémo séte ,sìte 1 sìino negative imperative non èssere non sìi non sémo non séte ,non sìte 1 non sìino
1 Archaic.2 With written accent.3 Obsolete.
essere m (plural esseri ,diminutive ( informal ) esserìno ,endearing esserùccio )
( uncountable , substantival use of the verbal voice, the condition of have life, reality, existence, the act of be living) being ,living Synonyms: essenza ,esistere ,esistenza l’essere ed il nulla ―being and nothingness( countable , substantival use of the verbal voice, the condition of have life, reality, existence, the act of be living) being ,living Synonym: ( more common ) vivere passare dall’essere al nonessere ―to pass from theliving to the non-living scienza/problema dell’essere ―science/problem ofbeing L’essere semplicissimo/Il semplicissimoessere ―The very simplebeing L’essere stesso/Il semplicissimoessere ―Thebeing itself la totalità dell’essere ―the totality ofbeing ( uncountable , substantival use of the verbal voice, the act/fact of exist, existence, life) being Synonyms: ( countable ) esistenza ,( countable ) vita 14–19 May 1835 ,Giacomo Leopardi , “Dialogo di un fisico e di un metafisico [Dialogue of a physicist and a metaphysician ]”, inOperette morali [Moral operettas ] (collection ofphylosophical novellas anddialogues ), page66 :[…] Nel qual modo, accrescerai propriamente la vita umana, ed empiendo quegli smisurati intervalli di tempo nei quali il nostroessere è piuttosto durare che vivere, ti potrai dar vanto di prolungarla. […] […] In this way, you will properly increase human life, and by filling up those immense intervals of time in which ourbeing is rather lasting than living, you can boast of prolonging it. […] ( uncountable , way of being, condition, state, in relation to intrinsic qualities and properties, usually accompanied by a determination) being Synonyms: modo di essere ,condizione ,stato ,essenza conoscere una persona/una cosa/un fatto nel suo veroessere ―to know a person/a thing/a fact in its truebeing (lui/lei/egli/ella/esso/essa/uno/una) gli domandò/chiese dell’esser suo ―he/she/it/one asked him about his being. 1802–1874 ,Niccolò Tommaseo ,(Please provide the book title or journal name) :[…] l’essere dell’uomo dista grandemente da quel delle bestie […] […] thebeing of the man is very far from that of the beasts […] ( uncountable , in ancient phrases) being ;living ;existence ;condition trovarsi inessere ―to be inbeing /to beliving (literally, “to found oneself/oneselves inbeing ”)1626–1697 ,Francesco Redi ,(Please provide the book title or journal name) :[…] le sue lettere son tutte inessere […] […] his letters are all inexistence […] ( uncountable , in ancient phrases) being ,condition Synonym: ( countable ) condizione in buon/cattivoessere ―in good/badbeing /conditions mobili/casa in cattivoessere ―furniture/house/home in badconditions ( uncountable , in ancient phrases) being , ingood conditions Synonym: buone condizioni mio nonno è sempre inessere ―my grandad/grandfather is always ingood conditions /healthy /inprosperity ( uncountable , in ancient phrases) ready Synonym: ( countable ) pronto averein essere ―to haveready 1507–1566 ,Annibale Caro ,(Please provide the book title or journal name) :[…] fate che al mio ritorno la scena sia inessere […] […] let the scene beready at my return […] ( uncountable , in ancient phrases) place ,operation Synonym: ( uncountable ) esercizio porre inessere ―to put inplace /intooperation ( uncountable , concrete) being 1321 (volume and full book) ,Dante Alighieri , “I ”, inDivina Commedia [Divine Commedy ], volumeParadiso [Paradise ] (allegorical-didacticpoem ,epic poetry ), lines110, 112–113 :[…] Tutte nature […] si muovono a diversi porti / per lo gran mar de l’essere […] […] All natures […] move to different ports / via the great sea ofbeing /god […] (literally, “[…] All natures […] move themselves to different ports / via the great sea ofbeing […] ”) ( countable , concrete) being ,creature È unessere spregevole. ―it is a despicablebeing /creature . ( countable , concrete, by extension) living being ,creature Synonyms: essere vivente ,creatura Lo stessoessere (vivente) ―The same(living) being /creature ( uncountable , philosophy , followed byci ) existence Synonym: esistenza l’esserci ―theexistence essere1 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italianaessere2 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italianaessere ( EarlyMedieval Latin )
alternative form ofesse ,present active infinitive ofsum ( “ to be ” ) Roman epitaph (uncertain date but after the 4th–5th c. AD)[ 1] omns·qvị[- - -]inhancavlamọ[- - -]/rationem·orateprmẹ/peccatoresid͞mabeatis/protectoremqviacod/estisfvi·etqvodsvm/essere abetisetsiqvis/sepresv̄seritcontra/hoctvmvlv̄mev̄biola/[- - -]ạbeāindeinqvisitio/[- - -]ṭetribvnald͞nin͞r͞i/[- - -]bivcatv̄cv̄/[- - -]irase omn[e]s quị ... in hanc aulam ... [o?]rationem orate pr[o] mẹ peccatore si d(eu)m [h]abeatis protectorem quia [qu]od estis fui et quod sumessere [h]abetis et si quis se pr[a]esu(m)[p]serit contra hoc tumulu(m) meu(m) [v]iola⟨re h⟩ạbea[t] inde inquisitio⟨nem an⟩ṭe tribunal d(omi)ni n(ost)ri ... ⟨sub?⟩iu[g?]atu(m) cu(m)... All who... in this court... Pray for me, the sinner that I was, if you have God as your protector. For I once was what you are, and you will one daybe what I am [sc . a corpse]. Should anyone dare desecrate this grave of mine, may he be judged for it before the tribunal of our Lord... Lex Curiensis (8th c.)[ 2] ...tam de facultatem quam et de colonaria familia qui exinde causam cum altero habuerit infra annum prosequat cuiusessere debeat... ...whose it oughtto be ... Alvarus 'Confessio (mid-9th c. AD)[ 3] Hic enim seritur quod illic metitur nec fas est credi illum lucifluum se cu lu m peccan tes recipere in quo tu eum sustinendo dignatus est abitare quem locum retributjonis iustitjeessere uoluisti. For here is sown what there is reaped, and it is impossible to believe that the brilliant world you have deigned to live in, and sustain, which you intendedto be a place for the dispensing of justice, accepts sinners. Cartulário de San Vicente de Oviedo n.ᵒ6 (AD 905)[ 4] Gundesalvus Nepotiani dumessere pausati in domo istius Gundefredi presentes fuimus. I, Gundesalvus Nepotani, was present (as witness for the signing of this document) whilstbeing lodged at the home of this very same Gundefredus. essere
alternative form ofèssere Inherited fromEarly Medieval Latin essere , fromLatin esse .
IPA (key ) : /ˈessere/ ,[ˈɛs.sɛ.ɾɛ̆] essere
( intransitive ) tobe ( to exist ) Eoso su chiso ―Iam who Iam (literally, “I am that which I am ”)( intransitive ) tobe ( to occupy a place ) Est in Tatari ―[He] is in Sassari essere m (plural esseres )
being sosesseres umanos ―[the] humanbeings FromEarly Medieval Latin essere , fromLatin esse .
essere
( intransitive ) tobe Not used as an auxiliary verb.