intestare

Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ testa (head) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.tesˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧stà‧re

Verb

intestàre (first-person singular present intèsto, first-person singular past historic intestài, past participle intestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to address (a letter, etc.)
  2. to register in the name of
  3. to butt (join end to end)
  4. (mechanical engineering) to face (the ends of a cylindrical element) (to lathe them perpendicular to the axis of the element)

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Spanish

Verb

intestare

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