aspettare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- + Latin exspectāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.spetˈta.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: a‧spet‧tà‧re

Verb

aspettàre (first-person singular present aspètto, first-person singular past historic aspettài, past participle aspettàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to wait for, await, wait
    Synonym: attendere
    abbiamo aspettato troppowe've waited for too long
    aspetta l'autobushe's waiting for the bus
    aspetta di ottenere la promozione
    he's waiting to obtain the promotion
    aspetto che si faccia vivo
    I'm waiting for him to show up
    (literally, “that he shows up”)

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Further reading

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

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- + Latin exspectāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

aspettare

  1. to wait (for)

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References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 1643: “aspettate almeno un'ora!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “aspettare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano