pretestare

Italian

Etymology

From pretesto (pretext) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.teˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pre‧te‧stà‧re

Verb

pretestàre (first-person singular present pretèsto, first-person singular past historic pretestài, past participle pretestàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary) to employ (something) as a pretext
    essa pretestava non si sa che intolleranza dell’umido per evitare di lavare i piatti
    She was employing some unspecified intolerance to moisture as a pretext to not wash the dishes
  2. (forensics) to attribute a pathology to a false cause

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