desistere

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin dēsistō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈzi.ste.re/, (traditional) /deˈsi.ste.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -istere
  • Hyphenation: de‧sì‧ste‧re

Verb

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desìstere (first-person singular present desìsto, first-person singular past historic desistéi, past participle desistìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [+ da (object)] [auxiliary avere]

  1. to give up (something, or doing something)
  2. to desist

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ desistere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • desistere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dēsistere

  1. present active infinitive of dēsistō