tentacolare
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French tentaculaire. By surface analysis, tentacolo (“tentacle”) + -are (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective edit
tentacolare (plural tentacolari)
- tentacular
- sprawling
- (figurative, by extension) that expands more and more its power or influence; powerful
- 2020 September 10, Viola Stefanello, “Usa, la città di Portland vieta ogni tecnologia di riconoscimento facciale [US, the city of Portland bans every face-recognition technology]”, in la Repubblica[1]:
- Un apparato di sorveglianza tentacolare e invisibile, pericoloso per la privacy e costruito sotto il naso del pubblico da tech company, forze dell'ordine e aziende.
- A powerful and invisible surveillance apparatus, dangerous for privacy and constructed under the nose of the public by tech companies, law enforcement and businesses.
Etymology 2 edit
First attested in 1921.
Verb edit
tentacolàre (first-person singular present tentàcolo, first-person singular past historic tentacolài, past participle tentacolàto, auxiliary avére) (rare)
- (transitive) to wrap with tentacles
- (intransitive) to sprawl [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tentacolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)