provvedere

provide

verb prohv-veh-DEH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin providere

Also means

see to

Usage Note

Provvedere means to see to something or provide for it, taking a before its object: provvedere ai figli ('to provide for one's children'). It is irregular, with past participle provvisto or provveduto. Note the doubled vv, unlike the related prevedere ('to foresee').

Examples

"Devo provvedere alla famiglia."

Natural Translation

I must provide for my family.

Literal Translation

I-must to-provide to-the family.

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