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Definition for: dare

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English

Etymology

From Old English durran .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛ:/
    Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Verb

to dare ( third-person singular simple present dare or dares , present participle daring , simple past dared , or archaic durst , past participle dared )

Infinitive
to dare

Third person singular
dare or dares

Simple past
dared , or archaic durst

Past participle
dared

Present participle
daring

  1. ( intransitive ) To have enough courage (to do something).
    I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.
  2. ( transitive ) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
    I dare you to kiss that girl.
  3. ( transitive ) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
    Will you dare death to reach your goal?

Usage notes

See also

  • daredevil

Translations

to have courage

  • Afrikaans: durf
  • Dutch: durven
  • Finnish: uskaltaa
  • French: oser
  • Frisian: doare
  • German: wagen
  • Interlingua: osar
  • Portuguese: ousar, atrever-se
  • Russian: сметь, осмеливаться
  • Slovenian: upati si

to defy or challenge

  • Afrikaans: daag, uitdaag
  • Dutch: uitdagen, tarten
  • Finnish: haastaa, kehdata
  • French: défier
  • Interlingua: defiar
  • Portuguese: desafiar
  • Russian: бросать вызов

to brave or face up to

  • French: affronter
  • German: riskieren

Noun

Singular
dare

Plural
dares

dare ( plural dares )

  1. A challenge to prove courage.

Translations

a challenge

  • Afrikaans: uitdaging
  • Dutch: uitdaging
  • Finnish: haaste
  • French: défi m .
  • German: Mutprobe
  • Interlingua: defia
  • Portuguese: desafio

Italian

Transitive verb

dare

  1. To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.

Conjugation

simple compound
infinitive dare avere dato
gerund dando avendo dato
present participle dante
past participle dato
singular plural
person first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei noi voi loro
simple
tenses 		present do dai dà diamo date danno
imperfect davo davi dava davamo davate davano
passato remoto diedi (detti) desti diede (dette) demmo deste diedero (dettero)
future darò darei darà daremo darete daranno
conditional darei daresti darebbe daremmo dareste darebbero
compound
tenses 		passato prossimo Use the present tense of Avere plus the past participle
trapassato prossimo Use the imperfect tense of Avere plus the past participle
trapassato remoto Use the passato remote tense of Avere plus the past participle
futuro anteriore Use the future tense of Avere plus the past participle
condizionale passato Use the conditional tense of Avere plus the past participle
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei che noi che voi che loro
simple
tenses 		present dia dia dia diamo diate diano
imperfect dessi dessi desse dessimo deste dessero
compound
tenses 		passato Use the present subjunctive of avere plus the past participle
trapassato Use the imperfect subjunctive of avere plus the past participle
- tu lui/lei noi voi loro
imperative dà (dai) dia diamo date diano

Imperatives compounded with pronouns

  • dacci
  • dagli
  • dalle
  • dammi

Cognate translations

Japanese

Pronoun

dare ( hiragana だれ )

  1. who

Latin

Verb

( dō , dare , dedī , datum )

  1. to give

Conjugation

First conjugation (1).

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Tense \ Person 1. 2. 3. 11. 22. 33.
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e 		Present dō dās dat damus datis dant
Future dabō dabis dabit dabimus dabitis dabunt
Imperfect dabam dabās dabat dabāmus dabātis dabant
Perfect dedī dedistī dedit dedimus dedistis dedērunt
Future Perfect dederō dederis dederit dederimus dederitis dederint
Pluperfect dederam dederās dederat dederāmus dederātis dederant
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e 		Present dor daris datur damur daminī dantur
Future dabor daberis dabitur dabimur dabiminī dabuntur
Imperfect dabar dabāris dabātur dabāmur dabāminī dabantur
Perfect datus 1
sum 		datus 1
es 		datus 1
est 		datī 2
sumus 		datī 2
estis 		datī 2
sunt
Future Perfect datus 1
erō 		datus 1
eris 		datus 1
erit 		datī 2
erimus 		datī 2
eritis 		datī 2
erunt
Pluperfect datus 1
eram 		datus 1
erās 		datus 1
erat 		datī 2
erāmus 		datī 2
erātis 		datī 2
erant
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e 		Present dem des det demus detis dent
Imperfect darem darēs daret darēmus darētis darent
Perfect dederim dederīs dederit dederīmus dederītis dederint
Pluperfect dedissem dedissēs dedisset dedissēmus dedissētis dedissent
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e 		Present der dēris dētur dēmur dēminī dentur
Imperfect darer darēris darētur darēmur darēminī darentur
Perfect datus 1
sim 		datus 1
sīs 		datus 1
sit 		datī 2
sīmus 		datī 2
sītis 		datī 2
sint
Pluperfect datus 1
essem 		datus 1
essēs 		datus 1
esset 		datī 2
essēmus 		datī 2
essētis 		datī 2
essent
Imperative —— da —— —— date ——

1 = datus / data / datum
2 = datī / datae / data

Derivatives

Latin

English

Other Translations for "dare"

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Sign Language Spelling
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Binary 1100100 1100001 1110010 1100101
Hex64617265
Pig Latinareday

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