Italian

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Etymology

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From gettone +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒet.toˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: get‧to‧nà‧re

Verb

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gettonàre (first-person singular present gettóno, first-person singular past historic gettonài, past participle gettonàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, humorous, dated) to call, ring or phone from a payphone
  2. (transitive, humorous, dated) to have (a jukebox) play by putting money in
    gettonare un discoto have the jukebox play a record
  3. (transitive, by extension) to award success to

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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