pretendere
Appearance
See also: pretenderé
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin praetendere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pretèndere (first-person singular present pretèndo, first-person singular past historic pretési, past participle pretéso, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) (also with [di + inf.] or [che + subj.]) to claim on the basis of a right; to feel entitled (to); to expect; to demand
- Synonyms: volere, esigere, reclamare, rivendicare, desiderare, ridomandare, richiedere, imporre
- da voi pretendo rispetto ― I expect respect from you
- pretendo di essere risarcito
- I demand being compensated
- 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 202:
- Erano tipi sbadati, Tom e Daisy – sfracellavano cose e persone per poi si ritiravano nella loro ricchezza o nella loro sbadataggine o qualsiasi altra cosa li tenesse insieme e pretendevano che altri rimediassero ai disastri che avevano lasciato in giro…
- They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…
- (literally, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed things and people to then retreat into their richness or into their carelessness or whatever other thing kept them together and they felt entitled to have others remedy the disasters they had left lying around…”)
- (transitive) to expect or demand (an excessive or unreasonable performance, price, etc.)
- Synonyms: volere, esigere, ridomandare, richiedere, imporre
- il datore di lavoro pretende troppo dagli impiegati
- the employer expects too much from the employees
- (transitive) (also with che + subj.) to assert mistakenly
- (intransitive) to claim (reasoning or merits not recognized by others) [with di (+ infinitive)] [auxiliary avere]
- pretende di avere sempre ragione
- he claims to always be right
- (intransitive) to claim (a skill that one does not possess) [with di (+ infinitive)] [auxiliary avere]
- pretende di correre i cento metri in dieci secondi
- he claims to be able to run the hundred meters in ten seconds
- (intransitive) to aspire [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of pretèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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- Italian terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛndere
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛndere/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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