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pretestare.

to employ (something) as a pretext

10 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/pre.tesˈta.re/
  1. to employ (something) as a pretext

    literary
    essa pretestava non si sa che intolleranza dell’umido per evitare di lavare i piatti
  2. to attribute a pathology to a false cause

Where this word comes from

From pretesto (“pretext”) + -are (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.