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cessare
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See also: cessaré
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
cessàre (first-person singular present cèsso, first-person singular past historic cessài, past participle cessàto, auxiliary (intransitive in the absolute meaning "to stop, to cease") èssere or (other meanings) avére)
- (intransitive) to stop, to finish, to cease [auxiliary essere]
- Synonyms: smettere, finire, terminare
- Antonym: continuare
- (intransitive) to abate, to die down, to subside [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: calmarsi
- (intransitive) to stop doing, to cease doing [with da (+ object or infinitive); or with di (+ infinitive)] [auxiliary avere]
- Antonyms: proseguire, continuare
- ha cessato di vivere ― he stopped living, he died
- non ha cessato dal lavoro ― he didn't cease his work
- (intransitive, commerce) to shut down, to fold (of a company) [auxiliary avere]
- (euphemistic) to die, to pass away
- (transitive) to stop, to cease
- Synonym: fermare
Conjugation
1Intransitive in the absolute meaning "to stop, to cease".
2Other meanings.
Derived terms
Related terms
- cessate il fuoco
- cessato allarme (“all clear”)
- cessazione
- cessione
- incessabile
- incessante
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Latin
Verb
cessāre
- inflection of cessō:
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