tentennare

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (“to ring, jingle intermittently”), frequentative of tinnīre (“to ring”), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ten.tenˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ten‧ten‧nà‧re

Verb

tentennàre (first-person singular present tenténno, first-person singular past historic tentennài, past participle tentennàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to totter, to stagger
  2. (intransitive) to hesitate
  3. (transitive) to swing, to shake slightly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tentennàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tentennàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund tentennàndo
present participle tentennànte past participle tentennàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tenténno tenténni tenténna tentenniàmo tentennàte tenténnano
imperfect tentennàvo tentennàvi tentennàva tentennavàmo tentennavàte tentennàvano
past historic tentennài tentennàsti tentennò tentennàmmo tentennàste tentennàrono
future tentennerò tentennerài tentennerà tentennerémo tentenneréte tentennerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tentennerèi tentennerésti tentennerèbbe, tentennerébbe tentennerémmo tentenneréste tentennerèbbero, tentennerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tenténni tenténni tenténni tentenniàmo tentenniàte tenténnino
imperfect tentennàssi tentennàssi tentennàsse tentennàssimo tentennàste tentennàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tenténna tenténni tentenniàmo tentennàte tenténnino
negative imperative non tentennàre non tenténni non tentenniàmo non tentennàte non tenténnino

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