tentennare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (“to ring, jingle intermittently”), frequentative of tinnīre (“to ring”), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tentennàre (first-person singular present tenténno, first-person singular past historic tentennài, past participle tentennàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to totter, to stagger [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to hesitate [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to swing, to shake slightly
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of tentennàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Categories:
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
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