conato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: co‧nà‧to

Noun

conato m (plural conati)

1. impulse or tendency

   Synonyms: sforzo, tentativo

Derived terms

• conato di vomito (“retch”)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cotano, cotona

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːˈnaː.toː/, [koːˈnäːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈna.to/, [koˈnäːt̪o]

Participle

cōnātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cōnātus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈnato/ [koˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: co‧na‧to

Noun

conato m (plural conatos)

1. conatus, attempt

   Synonyms: intento, esfuerzo

   • 2020 November 29, Ana Carbajosa, “Los ultras alemanes de AfD se desgarran en luchas internas durante un congreso con medio millar de asistentes”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2020-11-29:

     Pero el congreso de AfD acabó convirtiéndose en un conato de implosión retransmitido en directo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “conato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10