trattenere
Meaning
- (transitive) to hold (someone) (back); to restrain; to harness, especially to stop from running away
- (transitive) to confine (someone) (in at/a place), especially to hold in police custody
- (broadly, transitive) to confine (someone)
- (transitive) to dissuade (someone)
- (transitive) to keep to oneself; to withhold
- (transitive) to suppress (laughter, an expression, etc.)
- (transitive) to deduct
- (rare, transitive) to entertain
Concepts
be in the way
Synonyms
costruire una diga
non restituire
non lasciar andare via
postporre
tenere a freno
non lasciare andare
para’
tene’
mettere diritto
mettere un ostacolo
fare rimanere
collocare verticalmente
fare fermare
piantare un palo
Translations
retener
retenir
zurückhalten
reter
συγκρατώFrequency
Hyphenated as
trat‧te‧né‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/trat.teˈne.re/
Etymology
From tra- + tenere. Compare Sicilian trattèniri.
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