"intendere" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /inˈtɛn.de.re/
Rhymes: -ɛndere Etymology: From Latin intendere. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|intendo|intendere}} Latin intendere Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} intèndere (first-person singular present intèndo, first-person singular past historic intési, past participle intéso, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a\@}} Forms: intèndere [canonical], intèndo [first-person, present, singular], intési [first-person, historic, past, singular], intéso [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], intèndere [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], intendèndo [gerund], intendènte [participle, present], intéso [participle, past], intèndo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], intèndi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], intènde [indicative, present, singular, third-person], intendiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], intendéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], intèndono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], intendévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], intendévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], intendéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], intendevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], intendevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], intendévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], intési [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], intendésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], intése [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], intendémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], intendéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], intésero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], intenderò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], intenderài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], intenderà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], intenderémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], intenderéte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], intenderànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], intenderèi [conditional, first-person, singular], intenderésti [conditional, second-person, singular], intenderèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], intenderébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], intenderémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], intenderéste [conditional, plural, second-person], intenderèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], intenderébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], intènda [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], intènda [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], intènda [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], intendiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], intendiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], intèndano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], intendéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], intendéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], intendésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], intendéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], intendéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], intendéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], intèndi [imperative, second-person, singular], intènda [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], intendiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], intendéte [imperative, plural, second-person], intèndano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], intèndere [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], intènda [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], intendiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], intendéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], intèndano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to mean Tags: transitive Synonyms: volere dire, significare
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-x3ofxXcJ
  2. (transitive) to understand, grasp, see Tags: transitive Synonyms: capire, comprendere, afferrare, penetrare, intuire, recepire
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-LqQ~wRTI Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Italian verbs with irregular past participle, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 10 16 10 10 13 11 10 11 11 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 8 21 9 13 13 9 8 11 9 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 8 21 8 10 13 11 8 11 11 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past participle: 9 17 9 11 13 10 9 11 10 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 9 18 9 10 14 10 9 11 10
  3. (transitive) to believe Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-HnCONkz-
  4. (transitive) to interpret Tags: transitive Synonyms: interpretare, giudicare
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-haRQamR~ Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 7 11 7 29 9 9 7 11 9 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 7 12 7 26 9 10 7 11 10
  5. (transitive) to hear Tags: transitive Synonyms: udire, sentire
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-jqEb34OJ
  6. (transitive) to listen, heed Tags: transitive Synonyms: ascoltare, stare a sentire, prestare orecchio, accettare
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-ryjSNDCU
  7. (transitive, with infinitive) to intend to Tags: transitive, with-infinitive
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-KDOgcy1~ Synonyms: avere intenzione, volere, pretendere, esigere, decidere, pensare, prevedere, programmare, proporsi, riproporsi, risolvere, mirare
  8. (intransitive, literary) to dedicate oneself [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere] Tags: intransitive, literary
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-5-Nfu0TO
  9. (reflexive) See intendersi. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-intendere-it-verb-JPEedtRl Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 13 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 5 6 5 8 5 7 13 9 9 9 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intendente, intendimento, intenditore, intento, intenzione, preintendere

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "intendo",
        "4": "intendere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin intendere",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin intendere.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "intèndere",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndo",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intési",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intéso",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendèndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intéso",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intènde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendévo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendévi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendevàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendevàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendévano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intési",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intése",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intésero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intenderébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intènda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intènda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intènda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendiàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendésse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intènda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intènda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intendéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intèndano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a\\@"
      },
      "expansion": "intèndere (first-person singular present intèndo, first-person singular past historic intési, past participle intéso, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "in‧tèn‧de‧re"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "in‧tèn‧de‧re"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a\\@"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intendente"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intendimento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intenditore"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intenzione"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "preintendere"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to mean"
      ],
      "id": "en-intendere-it-verb-x3ofxXcJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to mean"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "volere dire"
        },
        {
          "word": "significare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 10 10 13 11 10 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs ending in -ere",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 9 13 13 9 8 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 8 10 13 11 8 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs with irregular past historic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 17 9 11 13 10 9 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs with irregular past participle",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 18 9 10 14 10 9 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] if anyone understands love by having felt it.",
          "ref": "1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 7; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:",
          "text": "[…] ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, […]",
          "translation": "[…] if anyone understands love by having felt it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to understand, grasp, see"
      ],
      "id": "en-intendere-it-verb-LqQ~wRTI",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to understand, grasp, see"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "capire"
        },
        {
          "word": "comprendere"
        },
        {
          "word": "afferrare"
        },
        {
          "word": "penetrare"
        },
        {
          "word": "intuire"
        },
        {
          "word": "recepire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to believe"
      ],
      "id": "en-intendere-it-verb-HnCONkz-",
      "links": [
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to believe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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      "categories": [
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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          "english": "[…] if anyone understands love by having felt it.",
          "ref": "1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 7; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:",
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          "heed",
          "heed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to listen, heed"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ascoltare"
        },
        {
          "word": "stare a sentire"
        },
        {
          "word": "prestare orecchio"
        },
        {
          "word": "accettare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to intend to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infinitive",
          "infinitive"
        ],
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, with infinitive) to intend to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "avere intenzione"
        },
        {
          "word": "volere"
        },
        {
          "word": "pretendere"
        },
        {
          "word": "esigere"
        },
        {
          "word": "decidere"
        },
        {
          "word": "pensare"
        },
        {
          "word": "prevedere"
        },
        {
          "word": "programmare"
        },
        {
          "word": "proporsi"
        },
        {
          "word": "riproporsi"
        },
        {
          "word": "risolvere"
        },
        {
          "word": "mirare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive",
        "with-infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian intransitive verbs",
        "Italian literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dedicate oneself [with a ‘to’]"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": ":a<to>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with a ‘to’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "a",
              "‘to’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dedicate",
          "dedicate"
        ],
        [
          "avere",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, literary) to dedicate oneself [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "See intendersi."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intendersi",
          "intendersi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) See intendersi."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/inˈtɛn.de.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛndere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intendere"
}

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