catenare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catēnāre (“to chain together”), derived from catēna (“chain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.teˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ca‧te‧nà‧re

Verb

catenàre (no present, no past historic, past participle catenàto, no subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

1. (archaic, rare, transitive) to chain up, to enchain

   Synonym: incatenare

Usage notes

• The verb is only attested in compound tenses in passive constructions.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catenàre (-are; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	catenàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		catenàndo
present participle		catenànte	past participle		catenàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	catenàvo	catenàvi	catenàva	catenavàmo	catenavàte	catenàvano
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	catenerò	catenerài	catenerà	catenerémo	cateneréte	catenerànno
conditional	catenerèi	catenerésti	catenerèbbe, catenerébbe	catenerémmo	cateneréste	catenerèbbero, catenerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	catenàssi	catenàssi	catenàsse	catenàssimo	catenàste	catenàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• catena
• catenato

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• carenate, cenerata

Latin

Verb

catēnāre

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