improbo

See also: improbó and ímprobo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin improbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.pro.bo/
• Rhymes: -improbo
• Hyphenation: ìm‧pro‧bo

Adjective

improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)

1. hard, laborious (work)
2. (literary) dishonest

Derived terms

• improbità

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.prɔ.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pro.bo]

Etymology 1

From in- (not) +‎ probō.

Verb

improbō (present infinitive improbāre, perfect active improbāvī, supine improbātum); first conjugation

1. to disapprove
2. to blame, condemn, reject

Conjugation

   Conjugation of improbō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	improbō		improbās		improbat		improbāmus		improbātis		improbant
	imperfect	improbābam		improbābās		improbābat		improbābāmus		improbābātis		improbābant
	future	improbābō		improbābis		improbābit		improbābimus		improbābitis		improbābunt
	perfect	improbāvī		improbāvistī		improbāvit		improbāvimus		improbāvistis		improbāvērunt, improbāvēre
	pluperfect	improbāveram		improbāverās		improbāverat		improbāverāmus		improbāverātis		improbāverant
	future perfect	improbāverō		improbāveris		improbāverit		improbāverimus		improbāveritis		improbāverint
passive	present	improbor		improbāris, improbāre		improbātur		improbāmur		improbāminī		improbantur
	imperfect	improbābar		improbābāris, improbābāre		improbābātur		improbābāmur		improbābāminī		improbābantur
	future	improbābor		improbāberis, improbābere		improbābitur		improbābimur		improbābiminī		improbābuntur
	perfect	improbātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	improbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	improbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	improbem		improbēs		improbet		improbēmus		improbētis		improbent
	imperfect	improbārem		improbārēs		improbāret		improbārēmus		improbārētis		improbārent
	perfect	improbāverim		improbāverīs		improbāverit		improbāverīmus		improbāverītis		improbāverint
	pluperfect	improbāvissem		improbāvissēs		improbāvisset		improbāvissēmus		improbāvissētis		improbāvissent
passive	present	improber		improbēris, improbēre		improbētur		improbēmur		improbēminī		improbentur
	imperfect	improbārer		improbārēris, improbārēre		improbārētur		improbārēmur		improbārēminī		improbārentur
	perfect	improbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	improbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		improbā		—		—		improbāte		—
	future	—		improbātō		improbātō		—		improbātōte		improbantō
passive	present	—		improbāre		—		—		improbāminī		—
	future	—		improbātor		improbātor		—		—		improbantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		improbāre			improbārī			improbāns			—
future		improbātūrum esse			improbātum īrī			improbātūrus			improbandus
perfect		improbāvisse			improbātum esse			—			improbātus
future perfect		—			improbātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		improbātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		improbandī		improbandō		improbandum		improbandō		improbātum		improbātū

Derived terms

• improbātiō

Descendants

• → English: improbate
• Portuguese: improbar, improvar
• Spanish: improbar
• Italian: improbare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

improbō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of improbus

References

• “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “improbo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)