calettare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps related to calare.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.letˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧let‧tà‧re

Verb

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calettàre (first-person singular present calétto, first-person singular past historic calettài, past participle calettàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to join (two pieces) together precisely (as a key fits in a lock)
  2. (intransitive) to fit together precisely [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ calettare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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