# -are
## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin -āre.

#### Suffix

-are (verb-forming suffix)
* the infinitive ending of most regular verbs; also, a productive suffix forming new verbs from nouns

##### Usage notes

* See parlare as an example of a regular -are verb.
* The only irregular -are verbs are andare, dare and stare and verbs derived from or suffixed by them (oltrandare, ridare, sottostare ...).
* fare and related verbs (from Latin facere) are considered to be irregular -ere verbs.
* See cellulare as an example of such an adjective.

##### Conjugation
#### See also

* -ere
* -ire

### Etymology 2

From Latin -āris.

#### Suffix

-are (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ari)
* suffix forming adjectives, often specifically relational adjectives, from nouns

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

-are f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)
* plural of -ara

### Anagrams

* -erà, Era, Rea, era, rea

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.re/, [ˈäːrɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.re/, [ˈäːre]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *-āzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with -ere.

#### Suffix

-āre
* present active infinitive of -ō (first conjugation)

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* -āris (indicative only)

#### Suffix

-āre
* second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

-āre
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -āris

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āre.

### Suffix

-are
* forms first-conjugation verbs

#### Derived terms
## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* -ari

### Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). Also substituting Old Norse -ir. This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.

### Suffix

-are m
* a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare (“protector, defender”), from væria (“to defend”)

#### Descendants

* Swedish: -are

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin -āre, present infinitive of -ō (1st-conjugation verbal suffix), from Proto-Italic *-āō. Compare Campidanese -ai.

### Suffix

-are (Logudorese, Nuorese)
* Attached to a stem, forms the present infinitive of most regular verbs

#### Derived terms
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari (also substituting Old Norse -ir), from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.

### Suffix

-are
* (on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (“ugly”) → fulare (“uglier”)
* (on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (“climb”) → klättrare (“climber”)
* Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm → stockholmare (“Stockholmer”). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.

#### Usage notes

(noun): Unchanged in the plural nominative, this having what in Swedish is called nollplural (“zero-plural”).

#### Synonyms

* (person from): -bo (3) (in some cases not as common as -are)

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* -era, era, rea