Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ap.punˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pun‧tà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From a- +‎ punta +‎ -are.

Verb edit

appuntàre (first-person singular present appùnto, first-person singular past historic appuntài, past participle appuntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen (a point)
  2. (transitive) to point (a finger, etc.), to aim (a gun, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to fix (one's gaze)
  4. (transitive) to pin (to fix with a pin)
  5. (transitive) to join with stitches
  6. (transitive, by extension) to attach, to affix
  7. (transitive) to note down
  8. (transitive, by extension) to criticize, to censure, to reproach
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Etymology 2 edit

From a- +‎ punto +‎ -are, originally "to note with a dot".

Verb edit

appuntàre (first-person singular present appùnto, first-person singular past historic appuntài, past participle appuntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to note down
  2. (transitive, by extension) to criticize, to censure, to reproach
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Etymology 3 edit

Calque of Old French appointer (to settle a deal).

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appuntàre (first-person singular present appùnto, first-person singular past historic appuntài, past participle appuntàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) to balance (accounts)
  2. (transitive) to establish by mutual agreement
  3. (intransitive) to agree, to be in agreement [+ con (object) = with] [auxiliary essere]
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