Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for cease is smettere
The Italian verb for cease is the irregular -ERE verb smettere.... imagine you must cease adding to the SMATTERING of paint!
Smettere can also mean: to present; to stop, to quit, to give up, to cast off.
Related words include:
- smettere di parlare/di bere/di avere paura : to stop talking/drinking/smoking.
- smetterla (v) : to call it quits, to knock it off.
- Smettila (di lamentarti!) : Stop (complaining!)
- Ha smesso di piovere. : It has stopped raining.
Other irregular ERE Verbs with changes in the Passato Remoto and the Past Participle conjugations include : ammettere, commettere, compromettere, emettere, omettere, permettere, promettere, sommettere.
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Imagine you must cease adding to the
SMATTERING of paint!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente cease |
smetto | smetti | smette | smettiamo | smettete | smettono |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto ceased |
smettevo | smettevi | smetteva | smettevamo | smettevate | smettevano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto ceased |
smisi | smettesti | smise | smettemmo | smetteste | smisero |
| Future Futuro semplice will cease |
smetterò | smetterai | smetterà | smetteremo | smetterete | smetteranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would cease |
smetterei | smetteresti | smetterebbe | smetteremmo | smettereste | smetterebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may cease |
smetta | smetta | smetta | smettiamo | smettiate | smettano |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have ceased |
ho smesso | hai smesso | ha smesso | abbiamo smesso | avete smesso | hanno smesso |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had ceased |
avevo smesso | avevi smesso | aveva smesso | avevamo smesso | avevate smesso | avevano smesso |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have ceased |
avrò smesso | avrai smesso | avrà smesso | avremo smesso | avrete smesso | avranno smesso |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have ceased |
avrei smesso | avresti smesso | avrebbe smesso | avremmo smesso | avreste smesso | avrebbero smesso |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have ceased |
abbia smesso | abbia smesso | abbia smesso | abbiamo smesso | abbiate smesso | abbiano smesso |
| Imperative Imperativo cease! |
smetti! non smettere |
(non) smetta! | (non) smettiamo! | (non) smettete! | (non) smettano! | |
✔ Smettere is an irregular -ERE verb.
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