Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to give listening.

Verb

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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) to listen [with a ‘to someone/something’]
    non dare ascolto alle opinioni altrui
    don't listen to the opinions of others