frenare

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Italian

Etymology

From freno +‎ -are,[1][2] or possibly from Latin frēnāre.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /freˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fre‧nà‧re

Verb

frenàre (first-person singular present fréno or frèno[4], first-person singular past historic frenài, past participle frenàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to brake
  2. (transitive, figurative) to check, to hold back, to curb, to brake, to control, to backpedal, to harness
    Synonyms: trattenere, controllare, rallentare, mettere freno

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: φρενάρω (frenáro)

References

  1. ^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/
  2. ^ frenare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  3. ^ frenare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  4. ^ freno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

frēnāre

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

Spanish

Verb

frenare

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