See also: tentaré

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin temptāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tenˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ten‧tà‧re

Verb

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tentàre (first-person singular present tènto or ténto[1], first-person singular past historic tentài, past participle tentàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to try, to attempt
    Synonym: provare
  2. to tempt, to lure, to attract, to entice
    Synonym: indurre in tentazione
  3. (literary) to touch lightly

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Albanian: tentoj

References

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  1. ^ tento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • tentare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • tentare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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tentāre

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

Spanish

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Verb

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tentare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tentar