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chinare

to bend, to lower (one's head)

verb kee-NAH-reh Rare
Body & Health Movement

Also means

to bow

Usage Note

Chinare is typically reflexive: chinarsi means 'to bend down, to stoop.' Chinare il capo ('to lower one's head') is a set phrase meaning to submit or yield — watch for this idiomatic use. It takes avere as auxiliary.

Examples

"Si chinò per raccogliere la penna."

Natural Translation

He bent down to pick up the pen.

Literal Translation

He-bent-himself to pick-up the pen.

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