soddisfare

Inherited from Latin satisfacere. Once the first element satis (“enough”) had been lost as an independent word, the verb was remodelled according to the Italian prefixes so- and dis-, as if derived from a Latin *sub-dis-facere. Doublet of satisfare, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /sod.diˈsfa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sod‧di‧sfà‧re

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soddisfàre (first-person singular present soddisfàccio or soddìsfo, first-person singular past historic soddisféci, past participle soddisfàtto, first-person singular imperfect soddisfacévo, first-person singular subjunctive soddìsfi, second-person singular imperative soddisfà or soddisfài, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to satisfy [auxiliary avere]
2. (transitive, intransitive) to fulfil/fulfill, to execute [auxiliary avere]
3. (transitive, intransitive) to please or pleasure sexually [auxiliary avere]

• soddisferà