tentennare
Meaning
- (intransitive) to totter, to stagger
- (intransitive) to hesitate
- (transitive) to swing, to shake slightly
Concepts
Synonyms
irrisoluzione
tira e molla
sghinghinnare
esitamento
Translations
hésiter
vacilar
indecisão
dubtarHyphenated as
ten‧ten‧nà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ten.tenˈna.re/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (“to ring, jingle intermittently”), frequentative of tinnīre (“to ring”), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner.
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