intento

See also: intentó and intentò

Catalan

Verb

intento

1. first-person singular present indicative of intentar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin intentus, intentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧to

Adjective

intento (feminine intenta, masculine plural intenti, feminine plural intente)

1. intent on, concentrating on, busy at(or with)

Derived terms

• intentamente

Noun

intento m (plural intenti)

1. purpose, purport, aim, object, goal

   Synonyms: fine, obiettivo, scopo

2. intention, intent, design

   Synonym: intenzione

Related terms

• intentare
• intenzione

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.to/, /inˈten.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
• Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧to, in‧tén‧to

Verb

intento

1. first-person singular present indicative of intentare

Further reading

• intento¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• intento² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• nettino, nonetti, ottenni, tentino, tentoni

Latin

Etymology

From intentus (“intent upon someting”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“I turn my attention to, I focus on”) + -ō (“suffix forming regular first conjugation verbs”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈten.toː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈten.to/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

intentō (present infinitive intentāre, perfect active intentāvī, supine intentātum); first conjugation

1. to stretch or extend towards
2. to point (at)
3. to intend
4. (figuratively) to threaten, menace
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.90–91:

     Intonuēre polī, et crēbrīs micat ignibus aethēr,
     praesentemque virīs intentant omnia mortem.

     The heavens thunder, and the sky flashes with frequent lightning, and all [things] threaten imminent death to men.
     (The storm engulfs the Trojan fleet. Note: intonuere here is a syncopated form of intonuerunt.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of intentō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	intentō	intentās	intentat	intentāmus	intentātis	intentant
	imperfect	intentābam	intentābās	intentābat	intentābāmus	intentābātis	intentābant
	future	intentābō	intentābis	intentābit	intentābimus	intentābitis	intentābunt
	perfect	intentāvī	intentāvistī	intentāvit	intentāvimus	intentāvistis	intentāvērunt, intentāvēre
	pluperfect	intentāveram	intentāverās	intentāverat	intentāverāmus	intentāverātis	intentāverant
	future perfect	intentāverō	intentāveris	intentāverit	intentāverimus	intentāveritis	intentāverint
passive	present	intentor	intentāris, intentāre	intentātur	intentāmur	intentāminī	intentantur
	imperfect	intentābar	intentābāris, intentābāre	intentābātur	intentābāmur	intentābāminī	intentābantur
	future	intentābor	intentāberis, intentābere	intentābitur	intentābimur	intentābiminī	intentābuntur
	perfect	intentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	intentem	intentēs	intentet	intentēmus	intentētis	intentent
	imperfect	intentārem	intentārēs	intentāret	intentārēmus	intentārētis	intentārent
	perfect	intentāverim	intentāverīs	intentāverit	intentāverīmus	intentāverītis	intentāverint
	pluperfect	intentāvissem	intentāvissēs	intentāvisset	intentāvissēmus	intentāvissētis	intentāvissent
passive	present	intenter	intentēris, intentēre	intentētur	intentēmur	intentēminī	intententur
	imperfect	intentārer	intentārēris, intentārēre	intentārētur	intentārēmur	intentārēminī	intentārentur
	perfect	intentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	intentā	—	—	intentāte	—
	future	—	intentātō	intentātō	—	intentātōte	intentantō
passive	present	—	intentāre	—	—	intentāminī	—
	future	—	intentātor	intentātor	—	—	intentantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		intentāre	intentāvisse	intentātūrum esse	intentārī	intentātum esse	intentātum īrī
participles		intentāns	—	intentātūrus	—	intentātus	intentandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		intentandī	intentandō	intentandum	intentandō	intentātum	intentātū

Adjective

intentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of intentus

Descendants

• → Catalan: intentar
• → Spanish: intentar

References

• “intento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩˈtẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin intentus.

Noun

intento m (plural intentos)

1. intent, intention

   Synonym: intenção

Etymology 2

Verb

intento

1. first-person singular present indicative of intentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtento/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: in‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin intentus.

Noun

intento m (plural intentos)

1. attempt

   Synonym: ensayo

Derived terms

• de intento

 

Related terms

• intención
• intender
• intentar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

intento

1. first-person singular present indicative of intentar

Further reading

• “intento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28