improntare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.pronˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pron‧tà‧re

Etymology 1

Variant of imprentare (itself from Old French empreinte), influenced by pronto.

Verb

improntàre (first-person singular present imprónto, first-person singular past historic improntài, past participle improntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to imprint, impress
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From im- + pronto + -are.

Verb

improntàre (first-person singular present imprónto, first-person singular past historic improntài, past participle improntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to prepare, get ready
    Synonyms: apprestare, preparare
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old French emprunter and probably adapted in form to etymology 2. First attested in 1260.[1]

Verb

improntàre (first-person singular present imprónto, first-person singular past historic improntài, past participle improntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to lend
Conjugation

References

  1. Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ɪmˈprumut-a-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

improntare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of improntar
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