catenare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catēnāre (“to chain together”), derived from catēna (“chain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.teˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧te‧nà‧re

Verb

catenàre (no present, no past historic, past participle catenàto, no subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) to chain up, to enchain
    Synonym: incatenare

Usage notes
  • The verb is only attested in compound tenses in passive constructions.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of catenàre (-are; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive catenàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund catenàndo
present participle catenànte past participle catenàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect catenàvo catenàvi catenàva catenavàmo catenavàte catenàvano
past historic — — — — — —
future catenerò catenerài catenerà catenerémo cateneréte catenerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present catenerèi catenerésti catenerèbbe, catenerébbe catenerémmo cateneréste catenerèbbero, catenerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect catenàssi catenàssi catenàsse catenàssimo catenàste catenàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Further reading
  • catenare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Verb

catēnāre

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