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, Venetan mesedar, Romansch maschadar, masdar). All of these terms ultimately stem from Latin misceō (“mix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mesˈta.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)
- (transitive) to stir
- Synonyms: mescolare, rimescolare
- (intransitive) to plot or scheme [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: intrigare
Conjugation
Conjugation of mestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ mestare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ mestare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ mestare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ mescidare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ miscidare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ mesto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)