# intento
## Catalan
### Verb

intento
* first-person singular present indicative of intentar

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin intentus, intentum.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈtɛn.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛnto
* Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧to

#### Adjective

intento (feminine intenta, masculine plural intenti, feminine plural intente)
* intent on, concentrating on, busy at(or with)

##### Derived terms

* intentamente

#### Noun

intento m (plural intenti)
* purpose, purport, aim, object, goal
    Synonyms: fine, obiettivo, scopo
* intention, intent, design
    Synonym: intenzione

##### Related terms

* intentare
* intenzione

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈtɛn.to/, /inˈten.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
* Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧to, in‧tén‧to

#### Verb

intento
* first-person singular present indicative of intentare

### References

* 1 2 intento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* intento$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* intento$^2$ 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: /inˈten.toː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /inˈten.to/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

### Verb

intentō (present infinitive intentāre, perfect active intentāvī, supine intentātum); first conjugation
* to stretch or extend towards
* to point (at)
* to intend
* (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
### Adjective

intentō
* 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: /ĩˈtẽ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ẽtu
* Hyphenation: in‧ten‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin intentus.

#### Noun

intento m (plural intentos)
* intent, intention
    Synonym: intenção

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

intento
* first-person singular present indicative of intentar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈtento/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: in‧ten‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin intentus.

#### Noun

intento m (plural intentos)
* attempt
    Synonym: ensayo

##### Derived terms

* de intento

##### Related terms

* intención
* intender
* intentar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

intento
* 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10