commentate

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === === Verb === commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated) (intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes proscribed as an unnecessary or uneducated backformation, with comment and provide commentary preferred. ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== commentate inflection of commentare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== commentate f pl feminine plural of commentato == Latin == === Participle === commentāte vocative masculine singular of commentātus