Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin natāre, frequentative of (to swim). Doublet of nuotare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /naˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: na‧tà‧re

Verb edit

natàre (first-person singular present nàto, first-person singular past historic natài, past participle natàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic or poetic)

  1. (intransitive) to swim [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: nuotare
    • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “Ultimo canto di Saffo [Sappho's Last Song]”, in Canti[1], Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 40, lines 14–15:
      Noi per le balze e le profonde valli ¶ natar giova tra’ nembi
      In cliffs and deep valleys we take joy in swimming among the clouds

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References edit

  • natare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin edit

Verb edit

natāre

  1. inflection of natō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin natāre.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

natare

  1. to swim

References edit

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “natare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano