consentire

See also: consentiré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsentīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.senˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: con‧sen‧tì‧re

Verb

consentìre (first-person singular present consènto, first-person singular past historic consentìi, past participle consentìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to agree, to assent, to consent [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: acconsentire
  2. (transitive) to allow, to let, to give, to enable
    Synonyms: permettere, concedere, lasciare
    mi consenta ...allow me ...
  3. (transitive, literary) to admit (e.g. the truth)
    Synonym: ammettere
  4. (transitive, uncommon) to share (a feeling)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • consentire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • consentire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cōnsentīre

  1. inflection of cōnsentiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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