protendersi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈtɛn.der.si/
- Rhymes: -ɛndersi
- Hyphenation: pro‧tèn‧der‧si
Verb
protèndersi (first-person singular present mi protèndo, first-person singular past historic mi protési, past participle protésosi)
- reflexive of protendere
- (intransitive) to lean or stretch forward or out; to reach out [with da or verso ‘towards someone/something’]
- 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, The Great Gatsby, Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 48:
- la sua voce mi costrinse a protendermi verso di lei col fiato sospeso per continuare ad ascoltarla
- her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened
- (literally, “her voice forced me to reach out towards her with bated breath to continue to listen to her”)
- (intransitive) to stretch out; to jut out
- Synonyms: allungarsi, estendersi, prolungarsi, spingersi, stendersi, sporgere
- il promontorio si protende nel mare
- the promontory juts out into the sea
- (intransitive, figurative, by extension) hold out; to hope [with verso ‘for something’]