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Italian
Etymology
From in- + tonto + -ire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tonˈti.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: in‧ton‧tì‧re
Verb
intontìre (first-person singular present intontìsco, first-person singular past historic intontìi, past participle intontìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, literally) to make stupid
- (transitive, by extension) to stupefy, to stun, to daze
- (intransitive) to become dazed, to become groggy (due to medication, etc.)
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
- intontire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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