chetare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quētāre, from Late Latin quiētāre, from Latin quiētōrem. Compare the borrowed doublet quietare.

Verb

chetàre (first-person singular present chéto or chèto[1], first-person singular past historic chetài, past participle chetàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hush, to silence, to quiet
  2. (transitive, figurative) to placate, to calm, to satisfy

Conjugation

References

  1. cheto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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