concedere

Concedere is a verb with Latin and Italian uses, generally meaning to grant, concede, yield, or allow. In both languages the sense ranges from giving permission to admitting a point or fact. The term in Latin comes from a third‑conjugation verb and in Italian from the same root, with related nouns such as concessione.

In Latin, concedere appears as concedo, concedere, concessi, concessum. It covers meanings from yielding or conceding an argument to permitting an action or granting something to someone. It often governs a direct object and, in context, may take a dative of the recipient: concedere aliquid alicui (to grant something to someone) or concedere veniam (to grant pardon). The word forms a regular paradigm in the present, imperfect, and future tenses (e.g., concedo, concedis, concedit; concedebam; concedam, concedebit). The perfect passive participle is concessus, used in compound tenses and as an adjective.

In Italian, concedere is a regular -ere verb with similar meanings: to grant, allow, admit, or concede a point. Common usages include concedere un favore (to grant a favor), concedere una licenza (to grant a license), or concedere che (to concede that). Conjugation in the present is concesco? No—concedo, concedi, concede, concediamo, concedete, concedono. The passato prossimo uses concesso; imperfect is concedevo, concedevi, concedeva, etc. The subjunctive forms include conceda, concedano; the gerund is concedendo, and the participle is concesso.

Usage notes: con- prefix often signals permission or allowance, while context determines whether concedere emphasizes a formal grant, a partial admission, or an acknowledgment in argumentation. Related terms include concessione (grant, concession) and concessorio (granting authority).