dettare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dictāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /detˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: det‧tà‧re

Verb

dettàre (first-person singular present dètto or (traditional) détto[1], first-person singular past historic dettài, past participle dettàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to dictate (words to be written down)
  2. (figurative) to dictate, to impose, to prescribe
    Synonyms: imporre, prescrivere
  3. to advise, to suggest
    Synonyms: consigliare, suggerire
  4. (literary) to indite, to compose (poetry, literature, etc.)
  5. (archaic) to teach

Conjugation

References

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

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