tentennare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (“to ring, jingle intermittently”), frequentative of tinnīre (“to ring”), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tentennàre (first-person singular present tenténno, first-person singular past historic tentennài, past participle tentennàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to totter, to stagger [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to hesitate [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to swing, to shake slightly
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tentennàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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