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servire
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See also: serviré
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere)
- (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses)
- (intransitive) to serve [with a ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere]
- servire a due padroni ― to serve two masters
- servire a tavola ― to serve food (literally, “to serve at table”)
- to be useful [auxiliary essere]
- to be necessary [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary essere]
- mi servono cinque pizze ― I need five pizzas
Conjugation
1Transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve".
2In the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary".
Related terms
Further reading
- servire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛrˈwiː.rɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [serˈviː.re]
Verb
servīre
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
servire f (uncountable)
Declension
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