tento

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See also: tentó and tentò

Czech

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tento

  1. this

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative tento tato toto
genitive tohoto této tohoto
dative tomuto této tomuto
accusative tohoto tento tuto toto
locative tomto této tomto
instrumental tímto touto tímto
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative tito tyto tato
genitive těchto
dative těmto
accusative tyto tato
locative těchto
instrumental těmito

Further reading

  • tento in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tento in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tento in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Etymology

From tenti +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

tento (accusative singular tenton, plural tentoj, accusative plural tentojn)

  1. temptation

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from tentar from Latin temptāre (“to test, to touch”). Cognate with Portuguese tento and Spanish tiento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

  1. steady hand
    Tras o accidente perdín o tento. ― After the accident I've lost my steady hand.
  2. (usually in the plural) tact (the sense of touch)
    Synonym: sira
  3. finesse; tact (careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense)
    Synonyms: delicadeza, tacto, tino
  4. try, attempt
    Synonyms: intento, tentativa
  5. fingertip
    Synonym: papo

References

  • “tento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “tento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “tento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “tento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “tento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.to/, /ˈten.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
  • Hyphenation: tèn‧to, tén‧to

Verb

tento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tentare

References

  1. ^ tento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tentus, the perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

Verb

tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation

  1. to handle, touch
  2. to try, test, tempt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tentō tentās tentat tentāmus tentātis tentant
imperfect tentābam tentābās tentābat tentābāmus tentābātis tentābant
future tentābō tentābis tentābit tentābimus tentābitis tentābunt
perfect tentāvī tentāvistī,
tentāstī1 		tentāvit,
tentāt1 		tentāvimus,
tentāmus1 		tentāvistis,
tentāstis1 		tentāvērunt,
tentāvēre,
tentārunt1
pluperfect tentāveram,
tentāram1 		tentāverās,
tentārās1 		tentāverat,
tentārat1 		tentāverāmus,
tentārāmus1 		tentāverātis,
tentārātis1 		tentāverant,
tentārant1
future perfect tentāverō,
tentārō1 		tentāveris,
tentāris1 		tentāverit,
tentārit1 		tentāverimus,
tentārimus1 		tentāveritis,
tentāritis1 		tentāverint,
tentārint1
passive present tentor tentāris,
tentāre 		tentātur tentāmur tentāminī tentantur
imperfect tentābar tentābāris,
tentābāre 		tentābātur tentābāmur tentābāminī tentābantur
future tentābor tentāberis,
tentābere 		tentābitur tentābimur tentābiminī tentābuntur
perfect tentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tentem tentēs tentet tentēmus tentētis tentent
imperfect tentārem tentārēs tentāret tentārēmus tentārētis tentārent
perfect tentāverim,
tentārim1 		tentāverīs,
tentārīs1 		tentāverit,
tentārit1 		tentāverīmus,
tentārīmus1 		tentāverītis,
tentārītis1 		tentāverint,
tentārint1
pluperfect tentāvissem,
tentāssem1 		tentāvissēs,
tentāssēs1 		tentāvisset,
tentāsset1 		tentāvissēmus,
tentāssēmus1 		tentāvissētis,
tentāssētis1 		tentāvissent,
tentāssent1
passive present tenter tentēris,
tentēre 		tentētur tentēmur tentēminī tententur
imperfect tentārer tentārēris,
tentārēre 		tentārētur tentārēmur tentārēminī tentārentur
perfect tentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tentā — — tentāte —
future — tentātō tentātō — tentātōte tentantō
passive present — tentāre — — tentāminī —
future — tentātor tentātor — — tentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tentāre tentāvisse,
tentāsse1 		tentātūrum esse tentārī tentātum esse tentātum īrī
participles tentāns — tentātūrus — tentātus tentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tentandī tentandō tentandum tentandō tentātum tentātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: tentuar
  • French: tenter
  • Galician: tentar
  • Portuguese: tentar
  • Spanish: tentar

References

  • “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    • to try to divine a person's disposition: animos tentare (Cluent. 63. 176)
    • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: ten‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tentum, past passive participle of teneō.

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

  1. attention, cautiousness, prudence, care
    Synonyms: cautela, cuidado, atenção, prudência, tino

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Slovak

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tento

  1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative tento táto toto
genitive tohto tejto tohto
dative tomuto tejto tomuto
accusative tohto tento tuto toto
locative tomto tejto tomto
instrumental týmto touto týmto
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative títo tieto
genitive týchto
dative týmto
accusative týchto tieto
locative týchto
instrumental týmito

Further reading

  • “tento”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian attento

Adjective

tento (feminine singular tenta, masculine plural tenti, feminine plural tente)

  1. careful, attentive
    Synonym: atento
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