intertenere

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin intertenēre, derived from Classical Latin tenēre (“to hold; to possess”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in.ter.teˈne.re/ Rhymes: -ere Hyphenation: in‧ter‧te‧né‧re === Verb === intertenére (first-person singular present intertèngo, first-person singular past historic interténni or intertènni, past participle intertenùto, first-person singular future interterrò, auxiliary avére) (archaic or literary, transitive) synonym of trattenere (archaic or literary, transitive) synonym of intrattenere ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === intertenere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana