Wiktionary

bistento

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /biˈstɛn.to/, /biˈsten.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
  • Hyphenation: bi‧stèn‧to, bi‧stén‧to

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from bistentare (“to wait anguishedly”) +‎ -o.

Noun edit

bistento m (plural bistenti)

  1. (obsolete, literary) anxious or worried expectation
    Synonym: pena

Further reading edit

  • bistento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

bistento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bistentare

References edit

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