ritenere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin retinēre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ritenére (first-person singular present ritèngo, first-person singular past historic riténni or ritènni, past participle ritenùto, first-person singular future riterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (rare) to hold again
  2. to think, to believe, to consider
    Synonyms: considerare, credere, pensare
    ritenere qualcuno una buona persona ― to consider someone a good person
  3. to hold back, to restrain, to stop
    Synonyms: trattenere, fermare, arrestare
  4. (figurative) to retain (mentally), to remember, to keep in mind
  5. (figurative, literary) to repress (anger, a desire, a revolt, etc.)
  6. (finance) to retain, to withhold (a sum of money)
  7. (archaic) to keep (a secret)
  8. (archaic) to keep prisoner
  9. (archaic) to possess
  10. (archaic) to host

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ritenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ritenére
auxiliary verb avére gerund ritenèndo
present participle ritenènte past participle ritenùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ritèngo ritièni, ritiéni ritiène, ritiéne riteniàmo ritenéte ritèngono
imperfect ritenévo ritenévi ritenéva ritenevàmo ritenevàte ritenévano
past historic riténni, ritènni ritenésti riténne, ritènne ritenémmo ritenéste riténnero, ritènnero
future riterrò riterrài riterrà riterrémo riterréte riterrànno
conditional riterrèi riterrésti riterrèbbe, riterrébbe riterrémmo riterréste riterrèbbero, riterrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ritènga ritènga ritènga riteniàmo riteniàte ritèngano
imperfect ritenéssi ritenéssi ritenésse ritenéssimo ritenéste ritenéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
ritièni, ritiéni ritènga riteniàmo ritenéte ritèngano
negative imperative non ritenére non ritènga non riteniàmo non ritenéte non ritèngano

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