frenare

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See also: frenaré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From freno +‎ -are,[1][2] or possibly from Latin frēnāre.[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /freˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fre‧nà‧re

Verb[edit]

frenàre (first-person singular present fréno or frèno[4], first-person singular past historic frenài, past participle frenàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to brake [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, figurative) to check, to hold back, to curb, to brake, to control, to backpedal, to harness
    Synonyms: trattenere, controllare, rallentare, mettere freno

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: φρενάρω (frenáro)

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/
  2. ^ frenare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  3. ^ frenare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  4. ^ freno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading[edit]

  • frenare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

frēnāre

  1. inflection of frēnō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

frenare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of frenar