destinare

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See also: destinaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.stiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧sti‧nà‧re

Verb

destinàre (first-person singular present destìno, first-person singular past historic destinài, past participle destinàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (also with a or ) to establish irrevocably as destiny; to destine; to have in store; to decree
    era destinata al fallimento ― it was destined to failure
    cosa mi destina la vita? ― what does life have in store for me?
    Dio destinò che lui fosse punito
    God decreed that he should be punished
  2. (also with a) to assign (someone) (to a task, position, etc.); to appoint; to post
    Synonyms: assegnare, nominare, inviare, designare, deputare
    destinarlo a compiti impegnativi ― to assign him demanding tasks
    destinare all'Italia ― to post in Italy
    mi ha destinato per gestire le politiche estere
    he appointed me to manage foreign policy
  3. to designate a particular time or place; to fix; to set; to appoint
    Synonyms: decidere, fissare, stabilire, progettare
    destinare la tavola calda per un incontro
    to appoint the diner for a meeting
  4. to set aside; to appropriate; to earmark
    Synonyms: stanziare, riservare, mettere da parte, devolvere
    destinare fondi publici per il sviluppo di un programma didattico
    to earmark public funds to develop a learning program
    destinare due ore ai compiti
    to set aside two hours for homework
  5. to adapt for a particular use; to use
    Synonyms: adibire, impiegare, finalizzare, adattare
    destinare una stanza alla lavanderia ― to use a room as a laundry
  6. to address
    Synonyms: rivolgere, indirizzare, inviare, mandare, dirigere
  7. (with a) to devote or dedicate (to)
    destinare la sua vita all'insegnamento ― to devote his life to teaching

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive destinàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund destinàndo
present participle destinànte past participle destinàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present destìno destìni destìna destiniàmo destinàte destìnano
imperfect destinàvo destinàvi destinàva destinavàmo destinavàte destinàvano
past historic destinài destinàsti destinò destinàmmo destinàste destinàrono
future destinerò destinerài destinerà destinerémo destineréte destinerànno
conditional destinerèi destinerésti destinerèbbe, destinerébbe destinerémmo destineréste destinerèbbero, destinerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present destìni destìni destìni destiniàmo destiniàte destìnino
imperfect destinàssi destinàssi destinàsse destinàssimo destinàste destinàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
destìna destìni destiniàmo destinàte destìnino
negative imperative non destinàre non destìni non destiniàmo non destinàte non destìnino

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

dēstināre

  1. inflection of dēstinō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From destina +‎ -re.

Noun

destinare f (plural destinări)

  1. destining

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative destinare destinarea destinări destinările
genitive-dative destinări destinării destinări destinărilor
vocative destinare, destinareo destinărilor

Spanish

Verb

destinare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of destinar
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