rattenere
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[edit]Verb
[edit]rattenére (first-person singular present rattèngo, first-person singular past historic ratténni or rattènni, past participle rattenùto, first-person singular future ratterrò, auxiliary avére) (literary, transitive)
- to stop
- (uncommon) to hold back
- (figurative) to retain
- mid 13th century–1280s, Ricordano Malispini, “Proemio dell'autore [Preface of the author]” (chapter 1), in Istoria antica[1]; republished as Istoria antica di Ricordano Malespini gentil'uomo fiorentino dall’edificazione di Fiorenza insino all'anno MCCLXXXI, con l'aggiunta di Giachetto suo nipote dal detto anno per insino al 1286, Florence: Stamperia Giunti, 1568, page 2:
- […] accio che alcuno sollazo ſen’habbia per l’animo dilettare, e nella memoria ſi rattenga meglio ſi comincieremo brevemente in queſta materia […]
- [ […] acciocché alcuno sollazzo se n'abbia per l'animo dilettare, e nella memoria si rattenga meglio, si cominceremo brevemente in questa materia […] ]
- […] in order to find enjoyment in it to delight the soul, and to better retain it in memory, we shall begin shortly on this subject […]
- (figurative) to restrain, to hold back (tears, anger, a laugh, etc.)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of rattenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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- Italian terms prefixed with ra-
- Italian 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ere
- Rhymes:Italian/ere/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -ere
- Italian irregular verbs
- Italian verbs with irregular past historic
- Italian verbs with irregular future
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian literary terms
- Italian transitive verbs
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