agire

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *agīre, present active infinitive of *agēscō, from a change in conjugation of Latin agō (infinitive agere), from Proto-Italic *agō (“I drive; I push; I do, act”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), thematic root verb of the root *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒi.re/, [äˈd͡ʒiːr̺e]
Stress: agìre
Hyphenation: a‧gi‧re

Verb

agire

(intransitive) To act or operate
(intransitive) To work, run or function
(intransitive) To take effect
(intransitive) To behave
(intransitive, law) To proceed (against)
(intransitive, medicine) To affect (part of the body etc)
(intransitive, psychology) To act out

Conjugation

Conjugation of agire

person	singular			plural
infinitive	agire
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		agendo
present participle		agente	past participle		agito
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	agisco	agisci	agisce	agiamo	agite	agiscono
imperfect	agivo	agivi	agiva	agivamo	agivate	agivano
past historic	agii	agisti	agì	agimmo	agiste	agirono
future	agirò	agirai	agirà	agiremo	agirete	agiranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	agirei	agiresti	agirebbe	agiremmo	agireste	agirebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	agisca	agisca	agisca	agiamo	agiate	agiscano
imperfect	agissi	agissi	agisse	agissimo	agiste	agissero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		agisci, non agire	agisca	agiamo	agite	agiscano

Synonyms

(act): fare, operare
(work): funzionare
(behave): comportarsi

Related terms

Anagrams

egira, eriga, giare, ragie, reagì, regia

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