intrattenere
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.trat.teˈne.re/
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: in‧trat‧te‧né‧re
Verb
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
Conjugation of intrattenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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