Italian

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Etymology

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From fata (fairy) +‎ -are. In the obsolete senses, it is derived from fato (fate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

fatàre (first-person singular present fàto, first-person singular past historic fatài, past participle fatàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (uncommon, transitive) to enchant (to make magical)
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to foresee
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) to predict, to make predictions
  4. (obsolete, transitive) to assign as part of a destiny

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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