attestare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at.tesˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: at‧te‧stà‧re
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin attestārī, from testis (“witness”).
Verb
attestàre (first-person singular present attèsto, first-person singular past historic attestài, past participle attestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to attest, to bear witness to, to certify
- (historiography, linguistics) to attest (a fact, an event, a word) through historical sources
- (figurative) to attest to, to prove
Conjugation
Conjugation of attestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From a- + testa (“head”) + -are.
Verb
attestàre (first-person singular present attèsto, first-person singular past historic attestài, past participle attestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to put head-to-head, to cause to abut
- to anchor (a bridge) to shore
- (military) to halt (troops) for rest and consolidation
Conjugation
Conjugation of attestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
attestāre
- second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of attestor