intendere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin intendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtɛn.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧de‧re

Verb

intèndere (first-person singular present intèndo, first-person singular past historic intési, past participle intéso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to mean
    Synonyms: volere dire, significare
  2. (transitive) to understand, grasp, see
    Synonyms: capire, comprendere, afferrare, penetrare, intuire, recepire
  3. (transitive) to believe
  4. (transitive) to interpret
    Synonyms: interpretare, giudicare
  5. (transitive) to hear
    Synonyms: udire, sentire
  6. (transitive) to listen, heed
    Synonyms: ascoltare, stare a sentire, prestare orecchio, accettare
  7. (transitive, with infinitive) to intend to
    Synonyms: avere intenzione, volere, pretendere, esigere, decidere, pensare, prevedere, programmare, proporsi, riproporsi, risolvere, mirare
  8. (intransitive, literary) to dedicate oneself
  9. (reflexive) See intendersi.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive intèndere
auxiliary verb avére gerund intendèndo
present participle intendènte past participle intéso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present intèndo intèndi intènde intendiàmo intendéte intèndono
imperfect intendévo intendévi intendéva intendevàmo intendevàte intendévano
past historic intési intendésti intése intendémmo intendéste intésero
future intenderò intenderài intenderà intenderémo intenderéte intenderànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present intenderèi intenderésti intenderèbbe, intenderébbe intenderémmo intenderéste intenderèbbero, intenderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present intènda intènda intènda intendiàmo intendiàte intèndano
imperfect intendéssi intendéssi intendésse intendéssimo intendéste intendéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
intèndi intènda intendiàmo intendéte intèndano
negative imperative non intèndere non intènda non intendiàmo non intendéte non intèndano

Related terms

Latin

Verb

intendēre

  1. inflection of intendō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

intendere

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