tenerci

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tenerci. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tenerci, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tenerci in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tenerci you have here. The definition of the word tenerci will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftenerci, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

tenérci (pronominal, first-person singular present ci tèngo, first-person singular past historic ci ténni or ci tènni, past participle tenùto, first-person singular future ci terrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. to attribute great importance to; to mean a lot to
    • 1946, Ernest Hemingway, translated by Giuseppe Trevisani, Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises], Einaudi:
      Non dovete credere che questo come titolo sportivo faccia impressione a me, ma Cohn ci teneva moltissimo.
      Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn.
      (literally, “You don't have do believe that this as a sporting title made an impression on me, but Cohn held a lot to it.”)

Conjugation

Verb

tenerci

  1. first-person plural infinitive of tenersi

Anagrams