intertenere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intertenēre, derived from Classical Latin tenēre (“to hold; to possess”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

intertenére (first-person singular present intertèngo, first-person singular past historic interténni or intertènni, past participle intertenùto, first-person singular future interterrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic or literary, transitive) Synonym of trattenere
  2. (archaic or literary, transitive) Synonym of intrattenere

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intertenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive intertenére
auxiliary verb avére gerund intertenèndo
present participle intertenènte past participle intertenùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present intertèngo intertièni, intertiéni intertiène, intertiéne interteniàmo intertenéte intertèngono
imperfect intertenévo intertenévi intertenéva intertenevàmo intertenevàte intertenévano
past historic interténni, intertènni intertenésti interténne, intertènne intertenémmo intertenéste interténnero, intertènnero
future interterrò interterrài interterrà interterrémo interterréte interterrànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present interterrèi interterrésti interterrèbbe, interterrébbe interterrémmo interterréste interterrèbbero, interterrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present intertènga intertènga intertènga interteniàmo interteniàte intertèngano
imperfect intertenéssi intertenéssi intertenésse intertenéssimo intertenéste intertenéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
intertièni, intertiéni intertènga interteniàmo intertenéte intertèngano
negative imperative non intertenére non intertènga non interteniàmo non intertenéte non intertèngano

Further reading

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