protendersi

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /proˈtɛn.der.si/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndersi
  • Hyphenation: pro‧tèn‧der‧si

Verb

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protèndersi (first-person singular present mi protèndo, first-person singular past historic mi protési, past participle protéso)

  1. reflexive of protendere
  2. (intransitive) to lean or stretch forward or out; to reach out [with da or verso ‘towards someone/something’]
    Synonyms: spingersi in avanti, sporgersi
    • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, The Great Gatsby, Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 48:
      la sua voce mi costrinse a protendermi verso di lei col fiato sospeso per continuare ad ascoltarla
      her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened
      (literally, “her voice forced me to reach out towards her with bated breath to continue to listen to her”)
  3. (intransitive) to stretch out; to jut out
    Synonyms: allungarsi, estendersi, prolungarsi, spingersi, stendersi, sporgere
    il promontorio si protende nel mare
    the promontory juts out into the sea
  4. (intransitive, figurative, by extension) hold out; to hope [with verso ‘for something’]
    Synonyms: ambire, mirare

Conjugation

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