distare

See also: distaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin distāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧stà‧re

Verb

distàre (first-person singular present dìsto, first-person singular past historic distài, past participle distàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be (a specified) distance from
    La casa dista tre kilometri dalla città.
    The house is three kilometers from the city.
  2. (intransitive, rare, figurative) to be distant (from), to be far (from)

Conjugation

  • Some sources say this verb is defective, and has no past participle.

Including lesser-used forms:

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

distāre

  1. present active infinitive of distō
    • 1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland]‎[1], volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 1, page 1:
      A Nidaroſia Norvegorum 120 milliaribus, A Grönlandia 60 diſtare dicitur.
      [ā Nidarosiā Norvegōrum 120 mīlliāribus, ā Groenlandiā 60 distāre dīcitur.]
      It is said to be distant from Nidaros of the Norwegians by 120 miles, and from Greenland by 60 [miles].

Spanish

Verb

distare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of distar