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significo

significo

See also: significò and significó

Asturian

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Catalan

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of significar

Galician

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Italian

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significare

Latin

Etymology

From signum ‎(“token, sign”) +‎ -ficō ‎(“do, make”). Collateral form significor.

Pronunciation

Verb

significō ‎(present infinitive significāre, perfect active significāvī, supine significātum); first conjugation

  1. I show, express, signify, point out.
  2. I portend, prognosticate.
  3. I call, name.
  4. I mean, import.

Inflection

   Conjugation of significo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significō significās significat significāmus significātis significant
imperfect significābam significābās significābat significābāmus significābātis significābant
future significābō significābis significābit significābimus significābitis significābunt
perfect significāvī significāvistī significāvit significāvimus significāvistis significāvērunt, significāvēre
pluperfect significāveram significāverās significāverat significāverāmus significāverātis significāverant
future perfect significāverō significāveris significāverit significāverimus significāveritis significāverint
passive present significor significāris, significāre significātur significāmur significāminī significantur
imperfect significābar significābāris, significābāre significābātur significābāmur significābāminī significābantur
future significābor significāberis, significābere significābitur significābimur significābiminī significābuntur
perfect significātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect significātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect significātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significem significēs significet significēmus significētis significent
imperfect significārem significārēs significāret significārēmus significārētis significārent
perfect significāverim significāverīs significāverit significāverīmus significāverītis significāverint
pluperfect significāvissem significāvissēs significāvisset significāvissēmus significāvissētis significāvissent
passive present significer significēris, significēre significētur significēmur significēminī significentur
imperfect significārer significārēris, significārēre significārētur significārēmur significārēminī significārentur
perfect significātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect significātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — significā — — significāte —
future — significātō significātō — significātōte significantō
passive present — significāre — — significāminī —
future — significātor significātor — — significantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives significāre significāvisse significātūrus esse significārī significātus esse significātum īrī
participles significāns — significātūrus — significātus significandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
significāre significandī significandō significandum significātum significātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • significo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • significo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “significo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allude to a person or thing (not alludere): significare aliquem or aliquid
    • to hint vaguely at a thing: leviter significare aliquid
    • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quid significat, sonat haec vox?
    • the word carere means..: vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)
    • to have the same meaning: idem valere, significare, declarare

Portuguese

Verb

significo

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of significar

Spanish

Verb

significo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of significar.

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