Word
Esplori pure la concessionaria per confrontare le auto.
Meaning
Feel free to explore the dealership to compare the cars.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Esplori pure la concessionaria per confrontare le auto.
per
for / in order to / because of
esplorare
to explore
l'auto
the car (= la macchina) (f)
pure
too, as well (= anche)
Questions & Answers about Esplori pure la concessionaria per confrontare le auto.
I thought pure meant 'also' or 'even'. Why does it mean 'feel free to' here?
When placed immediately after an imperative (command) verb like esplori, the word pure changes function. It softens the command into a polite permission or encouragement, translating well to 'feel free to' or 'go right ahead and'.
Why does the formal command esplori end in an 'i' if the infinitive is esplorare?
This is a quirk of the formal imperative. For regular -are verbs, the formal Lei command ends in -i (esplori), while the informal tu command ends in -a (esplora). It borrows this ending from the subjunctive mood to sound more polite.
Does confrontare mean 'to confront'?
It is a false friend! Confrontare means 'to compare', which makes sense here for looking at different cars side by side. If you want to say 'to confront' in the English sense of facing a problem or person, you would use the verb affrontare.
Why doesn't the word auto change its ending in the plural (le auto)?