avere

See also: avéré, averé, and avère

Verb

avere

first-person singular present subjunctive of averar
third-person singular present subjunctive of averar

Alternative forms

havere (obsolete)
haver (apocopic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin habēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈve.re/
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Rhymes: -ere
Hyphenation: a‧vé‧re

Verb

avére (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò, first-person singular past historic èbbi or ébbi, past participle avùto, first-person singular future avrò, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia, second-person singular imperative àbbi, auxiliary avére)

(transitive) to have
Synonyms: possedere, (regional) tenere

Avevo un'anima. ― I used to have a soul.

Ho una macchina. ― I have a car.

Ho diciassette anni.
I am 17 years old.
(literally, “I have 17 years.”)
(auxiliary, the non-perfect forms followed by a past participle, used to form composite (perfect) tenses in the active and dative conjugations of the transitive verbs) to have (done something); See Category:Italian transitive verbs and Category:Italian reflexive verbs.
(io) ho fatto/commesso un errore. ― I (have) made a mistake.

(io) amo
(io) ho amato
I love
I (have) loved

(io) ti amo
(io) ti ho amato
I love you
I (have) loved you

(io) ti ho
(io) ti ho avuto
I have you
I (have) had you

(io) ti faccio [...]
(io) ti ho fatto [...]
I make you [...]
I (have) made you [...]

Conjugation

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person	singular			plural
infinitive	avére
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		avèndo
present participle		avènte, abbiènte	past participle		avùto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	hò¹	hài	hà¹	abbiàmo	avéte	hànno
imperfect	avévo	avévi	avéva	avevàmo	avevàte	avévano
past historic	èbbi, ébbi	avésti	èbbe, ébbe	avémmo	avéste	èbbero, ébbero
future	avrò	avrài	avrà	avrémo	avréte	avrànno
conditional	avrèi	avrésti	avrèbbe, avrébbe	avrémmo	avréste	avrèbbero, avrébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	àbbia	àbbia	àbbia	abbiàmo	abbiàte	àbbiano
imperfect	avéssi	avéssi	avésse	avéssimo	avéste	avéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		àbbi	àbbia	abbiàmo	abbiàte	àbbiano
negative imperative		non avére	non àbbia	non abbiàmo	non abbiàte	non àbbiano

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Conjugation of avére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.

Including lesser-used forms:

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person	singular			plural
infinitive	avére
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		avèndo
present participle		avènte, abbiènte	past participle		avùto, aùto⁴
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	hò¹, ò^1,2,3, àggio⁴, àio⁴	hài, ài^2,3	hà¹, à^1,2,3	abbiàmo, avémo⁴	avéte	hànno, ànno^2,3
imperfect	avévo	avévi	avéva	avevàmo	avevàte	avévano
past historic	èbbi, ébbi, èi⁴	avésti	èbbe, ébbe	avémmo, èbbimo⁵	avéste	èbbero, ébbero, èbbono⁴
future	avrò, averò⁴, arò⁴	avrài, averài⁴, arài⁴	avrà, averà⁴, arà⁴	avrémo, averémo⁴, arémo⁴	avréte, averéte⁴, aréte⁴	avrànno, averànno⁴, arànno⁴
conditional	avrèi, averèi⁴, avrìa⁴, arèi⁴	avrésti, averésti⁴, arésti⁴	avrèbbe, avrébbe, averèbbe⁴, avrìa⁴, arèbbe⁴	avrémmo, averémmo⁴, arémmo⁴	avréste, averéste⁴, aréste⁴	avrèbbero, abrébbero, averèbbero⁴, arèbbero⁴
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	àbbia, àggia⁴	àbbia, àggia⁴	àbbia, àggia⁴	abbiàmo, aggiàmo⁴	abbiàte, aggiàte⁴	àbbiano, aggiàno⁴
imperfect	avéssi	avéssi	avésse	avéssimo	avéste	avéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		àbbi, àggi⁴	àbbia, àggia⁴	abbiàmo, aggiàmo⁴	abbiàte, aggiàte⁴	àbbiano, aggiàno⁴
negative imperative		non avére	non àbbia, non àggia⁴	non abbiàmo, non aggiàmo⁴	non abbiàte, non aggiàte⁴	non àbbiano, non aggiàno⁴

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Conjugation of avére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.
²Disused.
³With written accent.
⁴Archaic.
⁵Rare.

Derived terms

avercela
aversela
aversene

Noun

avere m (plural averi)

Anagrams

varee

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avēre

present active infinitive of aveō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avēre

present active infinitive of aveō

Alternative forms

avé, avè (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin habēre.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [aˈve]

Verb

avere

to have, possess
Synonym: tenere
to have (auxiliary verb)

Conjugation

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person		singular			plural
infinitive			avé
gerund			havenno
present participle			havente
past participle			avuto
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je/i'	tu	isso/essa	nuje	vuje	lloro
	present	aggio	haje or hê	ha or have	avimmo	avite	hanno or aveno
	imperfect	avevo	avive	aveva	avevamo	aviveve	avevano
	passato remòto	avette	aviste	avette	avettemo	avsteve	avetteno / avettero
	future	avarraggio	avarraje	avarrà	avarrammo	avarrate	avarranno
	conditional	avarria	avarrisse	avarria	avarriamo	avarrissevo	avarriano
compound tenses	passato pròssimo	Use the present tense of avé plus the past participle
	trapasato pròssimo	Use the imperfect tense of avé plus the past participle
	trapasato remòto	Use the passato remòto tense of avé plus the past participle
	futuro anteriore	Use the future tense of avé plus the past participle
	cunnizziunale passato	Use the conditional tense of avé plus the past participle
imperfect subjunctive		ca je/i'	ca tu	ca isso/ca essa	ca nuje	ca vuje	ca lloro
imperfect subjunctive		avesse	avisse	avesse	avessemo	avisseve	avesseno
imperative		-	tu	isso/essa	nuje	vuje	lloro
imperative			haje	ha	aviamo	aggiate	aviano

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Conjugation of avé (irregular)

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Alternative scripts

𑀅𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
अवेरे (Devanagari script)
অৰেরে (Bengali script)
අවෙරෙ (Sinhalese script)
အဝေရေ or ဢဝေရေ (Burmese script)
อเวเร or อะเวเร (Thai script)
ᩋᩅᩮᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ອເວເຣ or ອະເວເຣ (Lao script)
អវេរេ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑅇𑄬𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

avere

inflection of avera (“peacable”):
1. locative singular masculine/neuter
2. accusative plural masculine
vocative singular feminine of avera (“peaceable”)

Etymology

From the verb avea (“to have”) +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈve.re/

Noun

avere f (plural averi)

assets
wealth
Synonym: bogăție

Declension

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	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	avere	averea	averi	averile
genitive-dative	averi	averii	averi	averilor
vocative	avere, avereo		averilor

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Verb

avere

inflection of averar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology

From Latin habēre.

Verb

avere

(transitive) to have
(transitive) to need

Conjugation

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person	singular			plural
infinitive	avere
gerund		?		past participle		?
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ije	tu	jidde / jèdde	nuje	vuje	lóre
present	hagghie	hé	ha, have	ame	avíte	honne
imperfect	avéve	avíve	avéve	avèveme	avìveve	avèvene
perfect	avìbbe	avìste	aví	avèmme	avìsteve	avèrene
subjunctive	cu ije	cu tu	cu jidde / cu jèdde	cu nuje	cu vuje	cu lóre
present	hagghie	hagghie	hagghie	avìme	avíte	honne
imperfect	avìsse	avìsse	avìsse	avìsseme	avìsseve	avèssere
imperative	–	tu	jidde / jèdde	nuje	vuje	lóre
imperative	—	?	?	?	?	?

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