prometter

Portuguese

Verb

prometter (first-person singular present prometto, first-person singular preterite prometti, past participle promettido)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of prometer.
    • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter VI, in Cahetés[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 35:
      Queria. Na segunda-feira do carnaval, defronte do cinema, fôra muito amavel commigo. Olhadelas, sorrisos, um proverbio embaraçado, em francez... Aquillo promettia.
      She wanted [me]. On the Monday of Carnaval, in front of the movie theater, she had been loving with me. Looks, smiles, a confusing proverb, in French... that was promising.

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