pretestare

== Italian == === Etymology === From pretesto (“pretext”) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pre.tesˈta.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: pre‧te‧stà‧re === Verb === pretestàre (first-person singular present pretèsto, first-person singular past historic pretestài, past participle pretestàto, auxiliary avére) (literary) to employ (something) as a pretext (forensics) to attribute a pathology to a false cause ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== pretestazione pretesto pretestuoso === Anagrams === repertaste, tarpereste