porre

to place

verb POR-reh Common

Origin: Latin ponere (to place)

Also means

to put

Usage Note

Porre is a highly irregular verb contracted from the older ponere. Its present tense: pongo, poni, pone, poniamo, ponete, pongono. The past participle is posto. It takes avere as its auxiliary. In formal and written Italian it often replaces mettere; phrases like porre fine a (to put an end to) and porre una domanda (to ask a question, literally 'to put a question') are idiomatic and common.

Examples

"Vorrei porre una domanda importante."

Natural Translation

I would like to ask an important question.

Literal Translation

I-would-like to-place a question important.

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