Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin dēlectāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.letˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧let‧tà‧re

Verb

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dilettàre (first-person singular present dilètto, first-person singular past historic dilettài, past participle dilettàto, auxiliary avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to please, to delight
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to please [with a] [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • dilettare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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