tenerci

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Verb

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tenérci (pronominal, first-person singular present ci tèngo, first-person singular past historic ci ténni or ci tènni, past participle tenùto, first-person singular future ci terrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. to attribute great importance to; to mean a lot to
    • 1946, Ernest Hemingway, translated by Giuseppe Trevisani, Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises], Einaudi:
      Non dovete credere che questo come titolo sportivo faccia impressione a me, ma Cohn ci teneva moltissimo.
      Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn.
      (literally, “You don't have do believe that this as a sporting title made an impression on me, but Cohn held a lot to it.”)

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Verb

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tenerci

  1. first-person plural infinitive of tenersi

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