intravedere

to catch a glimpse of

verb een-trah-veh-DEH-reh Rare

Also means

to make out (barely)

Usage Note

Intravedere is a compound of tra (between/through) + vedere (to see), meaning to see something only partially or briefly — a shadowy figure, a glimmer of hope. It conjugates like vedere (irregular): intravedo, intravedevo, intravidi. The past participle is intravisto (or intraveduto, rarer).

Examples

"Ho intravisto una figura nell'ombra."

Natural Translation

I caught a glimpse of a figure in the shadow.

Literal Translation

I-have glimpsed a figure in-the shadow.

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