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just checking to verify that this means instigator.
i have a friend taking italian lessons whose non-native italian teacher didn't know the word. but someone else said it's kind of colloquial.
does anyone know for sure?
thanks much in advance
i have a friend taking italian lessons whose non-native italian teacher didn't know the word. but someone else said it's kind of colloquial.
does anyone know for sure?
thanks much in advance
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Sun, May 14, 2006 - 11:31 AMinstigato means to be "instigated" upon. I don't think there is a word for instigator....could be instigatore.
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Sun, May 14, 2006 - 11:38 AMCorrect. The correct spelling should be "istigato" though, with no N.
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Sun, May 14, 2006 - 11:55 AM>someone else said it's kind of colloquial
Nope, it's a common term with no particular connotation (i.e. it's not formal, or colloquial, or dialectism, etc).
Ro, "istigatore" is correct, as well as "istigazione" etc. -
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Sun, May 14, 2006 - 11:12 PMi can't believe that i left the n in...doh!
e comunque e' poi cosi' colloquiale istigatore??
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Mon, May 15, 2006 - 8:13 AMthank you everyone.
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Mon, May 15, 2006 - 11:13 AMYour friend's Italian teacher should have at least recognized "istigato" as a regular past particple structure of "istigare". Maybe there is no choice, but your friend may want to find a native speaking Italian teacher; native speakers can generally teach the nuances of the language much more effectively.
Ciao,
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Mon, May 15, 2006 - 12:19 PM> i can't believe that i left the n in...doh!
I had to check the dictionary because I wasn't that sure
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Mon, May 15, 2006 - 6:25 PMshe knows istigato, but someone else had told me instigato was colloquial. found out they based that on surfing the web, and probably found the word instigator w/ the r missing, just a typo...
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Re: translate "instigato" please?
Mon, May 15, 2006 - 12:47 PM>i can't believe that i left the n in
L'altro giorno ho scritto "o" come prima persona presente della voce del verbo 'avere'. Era dalla seconda elementare che non mi capitava... ti sono vicina ;)
No, 'istigare' non è per niente colloquiale, anzi, ha anche origine colta, nel senso che è passato direttamente dal latino all'italiano. Strano che a un italiano suoni colloquiale...
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