Etymology

From LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#INTENDERECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#INTENDERE intendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.de.re/Category:Italian 4-syllable words#INTENDERECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#INTENDERE
• Rhymes: -ɛndereCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛndere#INTENDERECategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛndere/4 syllables#INTENDERE
• Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧de‧re

Verb

intèndere (first-person singular present intèndoCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#INTENDERE, first-person singular past historic intésiCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#INTENDERE, past participle intésoCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#INTENDERE, auxiliary avéreCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#INTENDERE)Category:Italian lemmas#INTENDERECategory:Italian verbs#INTENDERECategory:Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive#INTENDERECategory:Italian verbs ending in -ere#INTENDERECategory:Italian irregular verbs#INTENDERECategory:Italian verbs with irregular past historic#INTENDERECategory:Italian verbs with irregular past participle#INTENDERECategory:Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary#INTENDERECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#INTENDERECategory:Pages with entries#INTENDERECategory:Pages with 2 entries#INTENDERE

1. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE) to mean

   Synonyms: volere dire, significare

2. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE) to understand, grasp, see

   Synonyms: capire, comprendere, afferrare, penetrare, intuire, recepire

   • 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:

     […] ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, […]

     […] if anyone understands love by having felt it.

     Category:Italian terms with quotations#INTENDERE

3. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE) to believe
4. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE) to interpret

   Synonyms: interpretare, giudicare

5. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE) to hear

   Synonyms: udire, sentire

   Che, poteressivo aripete quer ched ete detto, che nu l’ho inteso bene?

   Wait, could you please repeat what you’ve just said, as I didn’t quite hear you?

   Category:Italian terms with usage examples#INTENDERE

6. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE) to listen, heed

   Synonyms: ascoltare, stare a sentire, prestare orecchio, accettare

7. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#INTENDERE, with infinitive) to intend to

   Synonyms: avere intenzione, volere, pretendere, esigere, decidere, pensare, prevedere, programmare, proporsi, riproporsi, risolvere, mirare

8. (intransitiveCategory:Italian intransitive verbs#INTENDERE, literaryCategory:Italian literary terms#INTENDERE) to dedicate oneself [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
9. (reflexive) See intendersi.

Verb

intendēreCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#INTENDERECategory:Latin verb forms#INTENDERECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#INTENDERECategory:Pages with entries#INTENDERECategory:Pages with 2 entries#INTENDERE

1. inflection of intendō:
   1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
   2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

intendereCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#INTENDERECategory:Latin verb forms#INTENDERECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#INTENDERECategory:Pages with entries#INTENDERECategory:Pages with 2 entries#INTENDERE

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