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stentato

halting

adjective sten-TAH-toh Rare

Also means

labored

Usage Note

Stentato describes something produced with difficulty and effort — halting speech, labored writing, or a forced smile (un sorriso stentato). The seed POS lists adverb but stentato is an adjective (past participle of stentare). Forms: stentata (f), stentati (m pl). The adverb form is stentatamente.

Examples

"Parlava un italiano stentato."

Natural Translation

He spoke halting Italian.

Literal Translation

He spoke an Italian halting.

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