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incontro
incontro
See also: incontrò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈkon.tro/, [iŋˈkon̪t̪r̺o]
- Hyphenation: in‧còn‧tro
Etymology 1
From earlier incontra, from Late Latin incontrā, compound of Latin in + contrā (“against”, “opposite to”)
Alternative forms
- incontra (archaic, poetic)
Adverb
incontro
Etymology 2
Back-formation from incontrare (“to meet, encounter”).
Noun
incontro m (plural incontri)
- encounter, meeting
- (sports) match
- junction (of roads)
- (mathematics) intersection (point of)
- arrangement
Verb
incontro
- first-person singular present indicative of incontrare