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Senso

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(Inglese)

(conjugation-1) to demand, ask, request, desire
(conjugation-1) to pretend, claim
(conjugation-1) to prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue
(conjugation-1) to contain, measure
(conjugation-1) to need, require, call for, demand

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈpɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]

From poscō (“beg, demand, request, desire”) from Proto-Italic *porskō (“to ask for; request; demand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti (“to keep asking; to question”), from *preḱ- (“to ask; to ask for”) + *-sḱéti (“imperfective suffix”). Cognate with Latin prex (“prayer”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti), German forschen, and English frain.