frenare
See also: frenaré
Italian
Etymology
From freno + -are,[1][2] or possibly from Latin frēnāre.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /freˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: fre‧nà‧re
Verb
frenàre (first-person singular present fréno or frèno[4], first-person singular past historic frenài, past participle frenàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive or intransitive) to brake [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, figurative) to check, to hold back, to curb, to brake, to control, to backpedal, to harness
- Synonyms: trattenere, controllare, rallentare, mettere freno
Conjugation
Conjugation of frenàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Greek: φρενάρω (frenáro)
References
- ^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/
- ^ frenare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ frenare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ freno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- frenare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
frēnāre
- inflection of frēnō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Spanish
Verb
frenare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of frenar