devolvere

See also: devolveré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēvolvere (“to roll or tumble off or down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈvɔl.ve.re/
• Rhymes: -ɔlvere
• Hyphenation: de‧vòl‧ve‧re

Verb

devòlvere (first-person singular present devòlvo, first-person singular past historic devòlsi or devolvétti or (traditional) devolvètti or devolvéi, past participle devolùto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

1. (transitive) to devolve, to transfer (power, etc.)
2. (transitive) to donate (wealth, etc.)
3. (literary, transitive) to carry down, to roll down (especially in a watercourse)
4. (literary, intransitive) to be carried down, to roll down (especially in a watercourse) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devòlvere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	devòlvere
auxiliary verb		avére1, èssere2	gerund		devolvèndo
present participle		devolvènte	past participle		devolùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	devòlvo	devòlvi	devòlve	devolviàmo	devolvéte	devòlvono
imperfect	devolvévo	devolvévi	devolvéva	devolvevàmo	devolvevàte	devolvévano
past historic	devòlsi, devolvétti, devolvètti3, devolvéi	devolvésti	devòlse, devolvétte, devolvètte3, devolvé	devolvémmo	devolvéste	devòlsero, devolvéttero, devolvèttero3, devolvérono
future	devolverò	devolverài	devolverà	devolverémo	devolveréte	devolverànno
conditional	devolverèi	devolverésti	devolverèbbe, devolverébbe	devolverémmo	devolveréste	devolverèbbero, devolverébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	devòlva	devòlva	devòlva	devolviàmo	devolviàte	devòlvano
imperfect	devolvéssi	devolvéssi	devolvésse	devolvéssimo	devolvéste	devolvéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		devòlvi	devòlva	devolviàmo	devolvéte	devòlvano
negative imperative		non devòlvere	non devòlva	non devolviàmo	non devolvéte	non devòlvano

¹Transitive.
²Intransitive.
³Traditional.

Related terms

• devoluzione

Anagrams

• dovervele

Latin

Verb

dēvolvēre

1. inflection of dēvolvō:
   1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
   2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

dēvolvere

1. inflection of dēvolvō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative