destare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *deexcitāre, present active infinitive of *deexcitō, derived from Latin excitō (I call forth”, “I rouse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧stà‧re

Verb

destàre (first-person singular present désto or dèsto[1], first-person singular past historic destài, past participle destàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to wake up
    Synonyms: svegliare, ridestare, risvegliare, far alzare
    non destare il cane che dormedon't wake up the sleeping dog
  2. to stimulate or agitate
    Synonyms: stimolare, scuotere, agitare
  3. to arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.)
    Synonyms: suscitare, provocare, scatenare, indurre, infondere
    ho potuto preparare il set senza destare il minimo sospetto
    I was able to prepare the set without arousing the slightest suspicion

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ desto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 desto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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