tenerci

Italian

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Verb

tenérci (pronominal, first-person singular present ci tèngo, first-person singular past historic ci ténni or ci tènni, past participle tenùtoci, first-person singular future ci terrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. to attribute great importance to; to mean a lot to
    • 1946, Ernest Hemingway, translated by Giuseppe Trevisani, Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises], Einaudi:
      Non dovete credere che questo come titolo sportivo faccia impressione a me, ma Cohn ci teneva moltissimo.
      Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn.
      (literally, “You don't have do believe that this as a sporting title made an impression on me, but Cohn held a lot to it.”)
    • 1994 [1962], Angela Giussani, Il Re del Terrore (Diabolik Swiisss Seconda Ristampa; volume 1), Milan: Astorina, page 106:
      Ah! Se ci tenete ad andare in galera… sono affari vostri…
      Ah! If you intend to go to jail… that's your business…

Conjugation

Verb

tenerci

  1. compound of the infinitive tenere with ci

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