prudere

== Italian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *prūdere, with dissimilation and a change in conjugation from Latin prūriō (“to itch or tingle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpru.de.re/ Rhymes: -udere Hyphenation: prù‧de‧re === Verb === prùdere (third-person only, third-person singular present prùde, third-person singular past historic (rare) prudétte or (ditto, traditional) prudètte or (rare) prudé, no past participle) (intransitive) to itch Synonym: prurire ==== Usage notes ==== Properly speaking, the verb can only be employed in third-person. One may use it figuratively with other persons as a kind of mediopassive: Prudo dalla voglia di andare would mean "I itch from wanting to go", i.e. "I'm itching from wanting to go"; the verb fremere (“quiver”) is more used in this sentence. The past participle is not-extant, with people occasionally coining forms like *pruduto, *pruso or prurito (this latter being the deverbal) when forced to create one on the spot. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === prudere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana prudere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa