stentare

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to have difficulty
2. (intransitive) to struggle (in life)

Concepts

find it hard

pinch

starve

be out at elbows

suffer want

Synonyms

penare

inciampica’

vivere di stenti

Translations

avoir du mal

vivre dans la gêne

lograr algo con dificultad

vivir estrechamente

darben

malparar

vivir en la miseria

sufrir hambre

pobretear

sefalet içinde olmak

souffrir des privations

gebrek lijden

nood lijden

Hyphenated as

sten‧tà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stenˈta.re/

Etymology

Either from Vulgar Latin *extentāre, from Latin tentāre, or from s- (from Latin Latin ex-) + tentare (from Latin temptāre), or from Vulgar Latin *abstentāre, from Latin abstentum, from abstineō.
Cognate with Friulian stentâ, Lombard stentà, Piedmontese stenté.