Italian edit

Etymology edit

Literally, to give listening.

Verb edit

dàre ascolto (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) ascolto, first-person singular past historic dièdi ascolto or diédi ascolto or détti ascolto or (traditional) dètti ascolto, past participle dàto ascolto, first-person singular future darò ascolto, first-person singular subjunctive dìa ascolto, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi ascolto, second-person singular imperative dài ascolto or dà' ascolto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive with a) listen
    non dare ascolto alle opinioni altrui
    don't listen to the opinions of others