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intenzione

intention

noun een-tehn-TSYOH-neh Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Origin: from Latin intentio

Usage Note

Intenzione is feminine and lives in the fixed phrase avere intenzione di ('to intend to'), always followed by an infinitive. Note Italian uses avere (to have) here, not 'to be', so ho intenzione di partire means 'I intend to leave'.

Examples

"Non avevo intenzione di offenderti."

Natural Translation

I didn't mean to offend you.

Literal Translation

Not had-I intention of to-offend-you.

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