tentare

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See also: tentaré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin temptāre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tenˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ten‧tà‧re

Verb[edit]

tentàre (first-person singular present tènto or ténto[1], first-person singular past historic tentài, past participle tentàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to try, to attempt
    Synonym: provare
  2. to tempt, to lure, to attract, to entice
    Synonym: indurre in tentazione
  3. (literary) to touch lightly

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: tentoj

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • tentare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • tentare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

tentāre

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

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

tentare

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