dissertare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dissertāre. Cognate to French disserter.
Verb
[edit]dissertàre (first-person singular present dissèrto, first-person singular past historic dissertài, past participle dissertàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to discourse [with di or su ‘about erudite or scholarly matters’] [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: prorogare, protrarsi; see also Thesaurus:dilungarsi
- (humorous or ironic) to philosophize, to speak in a grandiose manner
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of dissertàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- dissertare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana