peritarsi
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Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin pigritārī. First attested before 1375.
Verb
[edit]peritàrsi (first-person singular present mi pèrito, first-person singular past historic mi peritài, past participle peritàto) (literary)
- (intransitive) to hesitate [with a or di (+ infinitive)]
- si peritava a dirgli in faccia la verità
- he was hesitating to tell him the truth to his face
- (intransitive, rare) to be awed
Conjugation
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From perito + -are + -si. First attested before 1910.
Verb
[edit]peritàrsi (first-person singular present mi perìto, first-person singular past historic mi peritài, past participle peritàto) (literary, rare)
- (intransitive) to put oneself to the test
- (intransitive) to show oneself capable
Conjugation
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- peritarsi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Italian semi-learned borrowings from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian reflexive verbs
- Italian literary terms
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian terms with usage examples
- Italian terms with rare senses
- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian terms suffixed with -si
- Italian rare terms