pretestare

Italian

Etymology

pretesto (pretext) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.tesˈta.re/, [pr̺et̪es̪ˈt̪äːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pre‧te‧sta‧re

Verb

pretestare

  1. (literary) To employ (something) as a pretext.
    essa pretestava non si sa che intolleranza dell’umido per evitare di lavare i piatti
    She was employing some unspecified intolerance to moisture as a pretext to not wash the dishes
  2. (forensics) To attribute a pathology to a false cause.

Conjugation

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