interessa

See also: intéressa and interessà

Catalan

Verb

interessa

  1. inflection of interessar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish interesse, from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse (to be or lie between), from inter (between) and esse (to be).

Noun

interessa f (genitive singular interessu, plural interessur)

  1. interest

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative interessa interessan interessur interessurnar
accusative interessu interessuna interessur interessurnar
dative interessu interessuni interessum interessunum
genitive interessu interessunnar interessa interessanna

Synonyms

Italian

Verb

interessa

  1. inflection of interessare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • nteressa (sometimes after a vowel, but i is mostly considered part of the stem)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian interessare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn.tɛˈrɛs.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛssa

Verb

interessa (imperfect jinteressa, past participle interessat)

  1. (transitive) to interest; make interested
    Il-politika ma tinteressanix.Politics doesn’t interest me.
  2. (reflexive) to be interested; have an interest
    Żewġi ma jinteressax ruħu fil-politika.
    My husband isn’t interested in politics.
    (literally, “My husband doesn’t interest himself in politics.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of interessa (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m interessajt interessajt interessa interessajna interessajtu interessaw
f interessat
imperfect m ninteressa tinteressa jinteressa ninteressaw tinteressaw jinteressaw
f tinteressa
imperative interessa interessaw
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m interessajtx interessajtx interessa interessajniex interessajtux interessawx
f interessatx
imperfect m ninteressax tinteressax jinteressax ninteressawx tinteressawx jinteressawx
f tinteressax
imperative tinteressax tinteressawx

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧sa
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɐ

Verb

interessa

  1. inflection of interessar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative