intendere
Italian
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editintèndere (first-person singular present intèndo, first-person singular past historic intési, past participle intéso, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to mean
- Synonyms: volere dire, significare
- (transitive) to understand, grasp, see
- 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 7; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
- […] ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, […]
- […] if anyone understands love by having felt it.
- (transitive) to believe
- (transitive) to interpret
- Synonyms: interpretare, giudicare
- (transitive) to hear
- (transitive) to listen, heed
- Synonyms: ascoltare, stare a sentire, prestare orecchio, accettare
- (transitive, with infinitive) to intend to
- Synonyms: avere intenzione, volere, pretendere, esigere, decidere, pensare, prevedere, programmare, proporsi, riproporsi, risolvere, mirare
- (intransitive, literary) to dedicate oneself [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
- (reflexive) See intendersi.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of intèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | intèndere | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | intendèndo | |||
present participle | intendènte | past participle | intéso | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | intèndo | intèndi | intènde | intendiàmo | intendéte | intèndono |
imperfect | intendévo | intendévi | intendéva | intendevàmo | intendevàte | intendévano |
past historic | intési | intendésti | intése | intendémmo | intendéste | intésero |
future | intenderò | intenderài | intenderà | intenderémo | intenderéte | intenderànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | intenderèi | intenderésti | intenderèbbe, intenderébbe | intenderémmo | intenderéste | intenderèbbero, intenderébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | intènda | intènda | intènda | intendiàmo | intendiàte | intèndano |
imperfect | intendéssi | intendéssi | intendésse | intendéssimo | intendéste | intendéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
intèndi | intènda | intendiàmo | intendéte | intèndano | ||
negative imperative | non intèndere | non intènda | non intendiàmo | non intendéte | non intèndano |
Related terms
editLatin
editVerb
editintendēre
- inflection of intendō:
Verb
editintendere
- inflection of intendō:
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- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛndere
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛndere/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive
- Italian verbs ending in -ere
- Italian irregular verbs
- Italian verbs with irregular past historic
- Italian verbs with irregular past participle
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
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- Italian intransitive verbs
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