mestare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mixtāre,[1][2] from Latin mixtus; less likely from a Vulgar Latin *miscitāre,[3] as there is already an archaic or literary Italian word mescidare[4] or miscidare[5] which derives from this word (compare also Friulian messedâ, Venetian mesedar, Romansch maschadar, masdar). All of these terms ultimately stem from Latin misceō (mix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: me‧stà‧re

Verb

mestàre (first-person singular present mésto or mèsto[6], first-person singular past historic mestài, past participle mestàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to stir
    Synonyms: mescolare, rimescolare
  2. (intransitive) to plot or scheme [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: intrigare

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. mestare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. mestare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  3. mestare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  4. mescidare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  5. miscidare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  6. mesto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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