trattenere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tra- + tenere. Compare Sicilian trattèniri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trattenére (first-person singular present trattèngo, first-person singular past historic tratténni or trattènni, past participle trattenùto, first-person singular future tratterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to hold (someone) (back); to restrain; to harness, especially to stop from running away
- Synonyms: frenare, arrestare; see also Thesaurus:trattenere
- to confine (someone) (in at/a place), especially to hold in police custody
- Synonyms: rinchiudere, chiudere, segregare, imprigionare, incarcerare
- trattenere il sospetto al commissariato ― to keep the suspect at the police station
- (by extension) to confine (someone) [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do’]
- mi hanno trattenuto al lavoro
- they kept me at work
- to dissuade (someone) [with da ‘from’]
- Synonyms: distogliere, impedire, dissuadere, sconsigliare, ostacolare
- trattenerlo da una decisione inconsulta ― to dissuade him from (making) a rash decision
- to keep to oneself; to withhold
- Synonyms: tenere per sé, confiscare, impadronirsi, incamerare, congelare, pignorare
- trattieni la ricevuta ― withhold the receipt
- to suppress (laughter, an expression, etc.)
- Synonyms: soffocare, reprimere; see also Thesaurus:reprimere
- trattenere le lacrime ― to suppress one's tears
- to deduct
- (rare) to entertain
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of trattenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:Italian/ere
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