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intento

See also: intentó and intentò

Catalan

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intento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intentar

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin intentus, intentum.

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Adjective

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intento (feminine intenta, masculine plural intenti, feminine plural intente)

  1. intent on, concentrating on, busy at(or with)
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Noun

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intento m (plural intenti)

  1. purpose, purport, aim, object, goal
    Synonyms: fine, obiettivo, scopo
  2. intention, intent, design
    Synonym: intenzione
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈtɛn.to/, /inˈten.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
  • Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧to, in‧tén‧to

Verb

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intento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intentare

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 intento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • intento1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • intento2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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From intentus (“intent upon someting”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“I turn my attention to, I focus on”) + -ō (“suffix forming regular first conjugation verbs”).

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Verb

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intentō (present infinitive intentāre, perfect active intentāvī, supine intentātum); first conjugation

  1. to stretch or extend towards
  2. to point (at)
  3. (figuratively) to threaten, menace
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.90–91:
      Intonuēre polī, et crēbrīs micat ignibus aethēr,
      praesentemque virīs intentant omnia mortem.
      The heavens thunder, and the sky flashes with frequent lightning, and all [things] threaten imminent death to men.
      (The storm engulfs the Trojan fleet. Note: intonuere here is a syncopated form of intonuerunt.)

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of intentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present intentō intentās intentat intentāmus intentātis intentant
imperfect intentābam intentābās intentābat intentābāmus intentābātis intentābant
future intentābō intentābis intentābit intentābimus intentābitis intentābunt
perfect intentāvī intentāvistī intentāvit intentāvimus intentāvistis intentāvērunt,
intentāvēre
pluperfect intentāveram intentāverās intentāverat intentāverāmus intentāverātis intentāverant
future perfect intentāverō intentāveris intentāverit intentāverimus intentāveritis intentāverint
passive present intentor intentāris,
intentāre 		intentātur intentāmur intentāminī intentantur
imperfect intentābar intentābāris,
intentābāre 		intentābātur intentābāmur intentābāminī intentābantur
future intentābor intentāberis,
intentābere 		intentābitur intentābimur intentābiminī intentābuntur
perfect intentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect intentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect intentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present intentem intentēs intentet intentēmus intentētis intentent
imperfect intentārem intentārēs intentāret intentārēmus intentārētis intentārent
perfect intentāverim intentāverīs intentāverit intentāverīmus intentāverītis intentāverint
pluperfect intentāvissem intentāvissēs intentāvisset intentāvissēmus intentāvissētis intentāvissent
passive present intenter intentēris,
intentēre 		intentētur intentēmur intentēminī intententur
imperfect intentārer intentārēris,
intentārēre 		intentārētur intentārēmur intentārēminī intentārentur
perfect intentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect intentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — intentā — — intentāte —
future — intentātō intentātō — intentātōte intentantō
passive present — intentāre — — intentāminī —
future — intentātor intentātor — — intentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives intentāre intentāvisse intentātūrum esse intentārī intentātum esse intentātum īrī
participles intentāns — intentātūrus — intentātus intentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
intentandī intentandō intentandum intentandō intentātum intentātū

Adjective

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intentō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of intentus

Descendants

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  • → Catalan: intentar
  • → Spanish: intentar

References

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  • “intento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “intento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • intento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin intentus.

Noun

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intento m (plural intentos)

  1. intent, intention
    Synonym: intenção

Etymology 2

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Verb

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intento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intentar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈtento/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: in‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin intentus.

Noun

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intento m (plural intentos)

  1. attempt
    Synonym: ensayo
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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intento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intentar

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