conato

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈna.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: co‧nà‧to

Noun

conato m (plural conati)

  1. impulse or tendency
    Synonyms: sforzo, tentativo

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

cōnātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cōnātus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈnato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: co‧na‧to

Noun

conato m (plural conatos)

  1. conatus, attempt
    Synonyms: intento, esfuerzo
    • 2020 November 29, Ana Carbajosa, “Los ultras alemanes de AfD se desgarran en luchas internas durante un congreso con medio millar de asistentes”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-29:
      Pero el congreso de AfD acabó convirtiéndose en un conato de implosión retransmitido en directo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading