interessa

See also: intéressa and interessà

Catalan

Verb

interessa

1. inflection of interessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish interesse, from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse (“to be or lie between”), from inter (“between”) and esse (“to be”).

Noun

interessa f (genitive singular interessu, plural interessur)

1. interest

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	interessa	interessan	interessur	interessurnar
accusative	interessu	interessuna	interessur	interessurnar
dative	interessu	interessuni	interessum	interessunum
genitive	interessu	interessunnar	interessa	interessanna

Synonyms

• áhugamál

Italian

Verb

interessa

1. inflection of interessare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• anseresti, assentire, asserenti, astenersi, eternassi, interasse, intesserà, retinasse, saneresti, serenasti

Maltese

Alternative forms

• nteressa (sometimes after a vowel, but i is mostly considered part of the stem)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian interessare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.tɛˈrɛs.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛssa

Verb

interessa (imperfect jinteressa, past participle interessat)

1. (transitive) to interest; make interested

   Il-politika ma tinteressanix. ― Politics doesn’t interest me.

2. (reflexive) to be interested; have an interest

   Żewġi ma jinteressax ruħu fil-politika.

   My husband isn’t interested in politics.

   (literally, “My husband doesn’t interest himself in politics.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of interessa (i-type unadapted loan)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	interessajt	interessajt	interessa	interessajna	interessajtu	interessaw
	f			interessat
imperfect	m	ninteressa	tinteressa	jinteressa	ninteressaw	tinteressaw	jinteressaw
	f			tinteressa
imperative			interessa			interessaw
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	interessajtx	interessajtx	interessa	interessajniex	interessajtux	interessawx
	f			interessatx
imperfect	m	ninteressax	tinteressax	jinteressax	ninteressawx	tinteressawx	jinteressawx
	f			tinteressax
imperative			tinteressax			tinteressawx

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧sa
• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ

Verb

interessa

1. inflection of interessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative