distare

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See also: distaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin distāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧stà‧re

Verb

distàre (first-person singular present dìsto, first-person singular past historic distài, past participle distàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be (a specified) distance from
    La casa dista tre kilometri dalla città.
    The house is three kilometers from the city.
  2. (intransitive, rare, figurative) to be distant (from), to be far (from)

Conjugation

  • Some sources say this verb is defective, and has no past participle.

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Latin

Verb

distāre

  1. present active infinitive of distō

Spanish

Verb

distare

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