allietare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ lieto +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ljeˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧lie‧tà‧re

Verb

allietàre (first-person singular present allièto or alliéto, first-person singular past historic allietài, past participle allietàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to make happy, cheer up, entertain
    Synonyms: rallegrare, animare, divertire, vivacizzare
    Antonym: rattristare
  2. (transitive, by extension) to make seem more pleasant, cosy (of a place)
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Dopo nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 79:
      L'abbondanza di finestre faceva sì che la gran sala fosse allietata da una luce continua anche se si era in un pomeriggio d'inverno.
      The abundance of windows made it so the large hall was made more enjoyable by a continuous light even though it was a winter afternoon.

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Further reading

  • allietare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • allietare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • allietare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • allietàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • allietare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • allietare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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