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Verbi irregolari con -orre
Italian has about 20 verbs with an irregular infinitive that ends in –orre, a contraction of the original infinitive ending –onere. Many conjugations for these verbs are based on that original infinitive.
| apporre | to affix | |
| comporre | to compose | |
| deporre | to depose | |
| disporre | to arrange | |
| esporre | to expose | |
| giustapporre | to juxtapose | |
| imporre | to impose | |
| opporre | to oppose | |
| porre | to put, place | |
| posporre | to postpone | |
| proporre | to propose | |
| predisporre | to predispose | |
| presupporre | to presuppose | |
| ricomporre | to recompose | |
| riproporre | to reintroduce | |
| riporre | to restore | |
| sovrapporre | to superimpose | |
| supporre | to suppose | |
| sottoporre | to submit | |
| sovraesporre | to overexpose | |
| trasporre | to transpose |
How to conjugate –orre verbs
For the present tense, remove –orre and then add one of the following verb endings:*
| Singular | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | io | -ongo | noi | -oniamo | |
| 2nd person | tu | -oni | voi | -onete | |
| 3rd person | lui | -one | loro | -ongono | |
Per esempio…
| PORRE | Singular | Plural | |||
| 1st person | io | pongo | noi | poniamo | |
| 2nd person | tu | poni | voi | ponete | |
| 3rd person | lui | pone | loro | pongono | |
* Another way to look at these conjugations, especially if you love grammar and etymology, is to figure out the original infinitive (e.g., porre
ponere), then remove –ere and add the following endings, most of which are the same as regular –ere verb endings:
| Singular | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | io | -go | noi | -iamo | |
| 2nd person | tu | -i | voi | -ete | |
| 3rd person | lui | -e | loro | -gono | |
The end result is the same but the logic of the conjugations is more evident. 🙂
Also see –arre verbs and –urre verbs.
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