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incontro

incontro

See also: incontrò

Interlingua

Noun

incontro (plural incontros)

  1. meeting

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

Adverb

incontro

  1. (followed by a or used with a dative pronoun) towards

Etymology 2

Back-formation from incontrare (to meet, encounter).

Noun

incontro m (plural incontri)

  1. encounter, meeting
  2. (sports) match
  3. junction (of roads)
  4. (mathematics) intersection (point of)
  5. arrangement

Verb

incontro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incontrare

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