carpare

Italian

Etymology

With a shift in conjugation, from Latin carpere (“to pick; to tear off”). Cognate with Sicilian carpari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: car‧pà‧re

Verb

	This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
	The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

carpàre (first-person singular present càrpo, first-person singular past historic carpài, past participle carpàto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete)

1. (transitive) to grab

   Synonyms: afferrare, carpire

2. (intransitive) to move on all fours

Conjugation

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

infinitive	carpàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		carpàndo
present participle		carpànte	past participle		carpàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	càrpo	càrpi	càrpa	carpiàmo	carpàte	càrpano
imperfect	carpàvo	carpàvi	carpàva	carpavàmo	carpavàte	carpàvano
past historic	carpài	carpàsti	carpò	carpàmmo	carpàste	carpàrono
future	carperò	carperài	carperà	carperémo	carperéte	carperànno
conditional	carperèi	carperésti	carperèbbe, carperébbe	carperémmo	carperéste	carperèbbero, carperébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	càrpi	càrpi	càrpi	carpiàmo	carpiàte	càrpino
imperfect	carpàssi	carpàssi	carpàsse	carpàssimo	carpàste	carpàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		càrpa	càrpi	carpiàmo	carpàte	càrpino
negative imperative		non carpàre	non càrpi	non carpiàmo	non carpàte	non càrpino

Related terms

• carponi

Further reading

• carpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• caparre, parcare

Latin

Verb

carpāre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of carpō