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Solere
Definition 2025
solere
solere
English
Noun
solere (plural soleres)
- Alternative form of soler
- Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he; "but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's. […]
- Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Italian
Etymology
From Latin solēre, present active infinitive of soleō (“be accustomed”)
Verb
solere
- to be in the habit of
Usage notes
- Followed by an infinitive, usually fare
- Used impersonally with the meaning of what usually happens
Conjugation
- NOTE: Defective verb - no future, conditional, compound tenses or imperative
Conjugation of solere
| infinitive | solere | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | none | gerund | — | |||
| present participle | — | past participle | solito | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | soglio | suoli | suole | sogliamo | solete | sogliono |
| imperfect | solevo | solevi | soleva | solevamo | solevate | solevano |
| past historic | solei | solesti | solette | solemmo | soleste | solerono |
| future | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | soglia | soglia | soglia | sogliamo | sogliate | sogliano |
| imperfect | solessi | solessi | solesse | solessimo | soleste | solessero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| non solere | — | — | — | — | ||