intrattenere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]intrattenére (first-person singular present intrattèngo, first-person singular past historic intratténni or intrattènni, past participle intrattenùto, first-person singular future intratterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to entertain
- intrattenere gli ospiti ― to entertain guests
- to establish or maintain (a rapport, etc.)
- intrattiene un rapporto epistolare con la moglie
- he maintains an epistolary rapport with his wife
- to converse
- mi ha intrattenuto sui suoi figli
- he conversed with me about his children
- (rare) to hold, to detain
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of intrattenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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- Italian terms prefixed with intra-
- Italian 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ere
- Rhymes:Italian/ere/5 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 transitive verbs
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- Italian terms with rare senses