presente progressivo

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

presente progressivo m (plural presenti progressivi)

  1. (grammar) indicative present continuous tense
    Hypernym: presente
    Io sto mangiandoI am eating (presente progressivo | present continuous)
    Io vado / sto andando a mangiareI am going to eat (indicativo presente | present tense / presente progressivo | present continuous)
    Io non sto mangiandoI am not eating (presente progressivo | present continuous)
    Io non sto andando a mangiareI am not going to eat (presente progressivo | present continuous)
  2. (grammar) subjunctive present continuous tense
    Hypernym: presente
    Credo stia chiedendo di leiI think he's asking for her (literally, “(I) believe (he) be asking of her”) (modo congiuntivo, presente progressivo | subjunctive mood, present continuous)
    Gli raccomanderei che stia partendo adessoI would recommend to him that he be leaving by now (modo congiuntivo, presente progressivo | subjunctive mood, present continuous)

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