detenere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dētinēre, possibly taken as a semi-learned term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.teˈne.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: de‧te‧né‧re

Verb

detenére (first-person singular present detèngo, first-person singular past historic deténni or detènni, past participle detenùto, first-person singular future deterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to hold
  2. to have or possess (property etc.)
  3. to detain (a prisoner)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of detenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive detenére
auxiliary verb avére gerund detenèndo
present participle detenènte past participle detenùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present detèngo detièni, detiéni detiène, detiéne deteniàmo detenéte detèngono
imperfect detenévo detenévi detenéva detenevàmo detenevàte detenévano
past historic deténni, detènni detenésti deténne, detènne detenémmo detenéste deténnero, detènnero
future deterrò deterrài deterrà deterrémo deterréte deterrànno
conditional deterrèi deterrésti deterrèbbe, deterrébbe deterrémmo deterréste deterrèbbero, deterrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present detènga detènga detènga deteniàmo deteniàte detèngano
imperfect detenéssi detenéssi detenésse detenéssimo detenéste detenéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
detièni, detiéni detènga deteniàmo detenéte detèngano
negative imperative non detenére non detènga non deteniàmo non detenéte non detèngano

Leonese

Etymology

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Verb

detenere

  1. to arrest, detain

References

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