"pretestare" meaning in Italian

See pretestare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pre.tesˈta.re/
Rhymes: -are Etymology: From pretesto (“pretext”) + -are (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|it|pretesto|-are|pos2=1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix|t1=pretext}} pretesto (“pretext”) + -are (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix) Head templates: {{it-verb|a/è+}} pretestàre (first-person singular present pretèsto, first-person singular past historic pretestài, past participle pretestàto, auxiliary avére), {{it-verb-rfc|a/è+}} pretestàre (first-person singular present pretèsto, first-person singular past historic pretestài, past participle pretestàto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj-rfc|a/è+}}, {{it-conj|a/è+}} Forms: pretestàre [canonical], pretèsto [first-person, present, singular], pretestài [first-person, historic, past, singular], pretestàto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], pretestàre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], pretestàndo [gerund], pretestànte [participle, present], pretestàto [participle, past], pretèsto [first-person, indicative, present, singular], pretèsti [indicative, present, second-person, singular], pretèsta [indicative, present, singular, third-person], pretestiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], pretestàte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], pretèstano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], pretestàvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], pretestàvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], pretestàva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], pretestavàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], pretestavàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], pretestàvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], pretestài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], pretestàsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], pretestò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], pretestàmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], pretestàste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], pretestàrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], pretesterò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], pretesterài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], pretesterà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], pretesterémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], pretesteréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], pretesterànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], pretesterèi [conditional, first-person, singular], pretesterésti [conditional, second-person, singular], pretesterèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], pretesterébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], pretesterémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], pretesteréste [conditional, plural, second-person], pretesterèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], pretesterébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], pretèsti [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], pretèsti [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], pretèsti [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], pretestiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], pretestiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], pretèstino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], pretestàssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], pretestàssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], pretestàsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], pretestàssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], pretestàste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], pretestàssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], pretèsta [imperative, second-person, singular], pretèsti [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], pretestiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], pretestàte [imperative, plural, second-person], pretèstino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], pretestàre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], pretèsti [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], pretestiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], pretestàte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], pretèstino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (literary) to employ (something) as a pretext Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-pretestare-it-verb-C0rp6IVg Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian terms suffixed with -are, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 57 43 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -are: 55 45 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 52 48 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (forensics) to attribute a pathology to a false cause
    Sense id: en-pretestare-it-verb-8LUzSyNr Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 52 48 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pretestazione, pretesto, pretestuoso 
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      "form": "pretèstano",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "pretestàvo",
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        "indicative",
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      "form": "pretestàvi",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "pretestàva",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "pretestavàte",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "pretestàvano",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "pretestài",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "pretestò",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pretestàmmo",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pretestàrono",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterò",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterài",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterà",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterémo",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesteréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterémmo",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pretesteréste",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterèbbero",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretesterébbero",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pretèsti",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "pretestàssi",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "pretestàsse",
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "pretestàssero",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "pretèsta",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretèsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretestiàmo",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretestàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretèstino",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretestàre",
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        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretèsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretestiàmo",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretestàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pretèstino",
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        "imperative",
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        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "a/è+"
      },
      "expansion": "pretestàre (first-person singular present pretèsto, first-person singular past historic pretestài, past participle pretestàto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è+"
      },
      "expansion": "pretestàre (first-person singular present pretèsto, first-person singular past historic pretestài, past participle pretestàto, auxiliary avére)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pre‧te‧stà‧re"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è+"
      },
      "name": "it-conj-rfc"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è+"
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      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pretestazione"
    },
    {
      "word": "pretesto"
    },
    {
      "word": "pretestuoso"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian literary terms",
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              17
            ],
            [
              59,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She was employing some unspecified intolerance to moisture as a pretext to not wash the dishes",
          "text": "essa pretestava non si sa che intolleranza dell’umido per evitare di lavare i piatti",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to employ (something) as a pretext"
      ],
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        [
          "employ",
          "employ"
        ],
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          "pretext",
          "pretext"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary) to employ (something) as a pretext"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to attribute a pathology to a false cause"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute"
        ],
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "forensics",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(forensics) to attribute a pathology to a false cause"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pre.tesˈta.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pretestare"
}

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