entrare Italian · revision 37615

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=12th century, Ritmo di Sant'Alessio|origins=la intrā}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /enˈtra.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entrare''' (first-person singular present éntro, first-person singular past historic entrài, past participle entràto, auxiliary èssere)^(Wiktionary)

+ The old form is [[roa-oit|intrare]].^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) As a noun, ''entrare'' “entrance; beginning” is recorded from the 13th century.^(TLIO)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|intrō|t=to go into]], from [[m|la|intrā|t=inside, within]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) The Latin verb is panromance: [[fr|entrer]], [[oc|entrar]], [[ca|entrar]], [[es|entrar]], [[pt|entrar]], [[sc|intrare]] and [[ro|intra]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)

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+ In southern Italy the verb was replaced by ⟨trasire⟩, from Latin [[m|la|trāns|t=across]] and [[m|la|eō|t=to go]].^(DEI|1488) GRADIT connects the Latin adverb with ⟨*interus⟩ “inner”, and Devoto saw a blend with the adverb ⟨intro⟩ “inwards”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto 1968|163)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the ''Ritmo di Sant'Alessio'', from the Marche, in the 12th century, for passing from outside to inside.^(TLIO) DELI's first dates are about 1284 for being admitted to a group, and Bono Giamboni before 1292 for going into a place.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old Italian the verb was often strengthened with ''dentro'' or with ''a'', and could be used transitively, “to enter a place”.^(DEI|1488)^(TLIO)^(GDLI|5) Dante uses it for beginning something (1304–1308), and Ariosto's ''Orlando furioso'' (1532) for fitting into something.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The noun ''entrata'' meant “entering” and “entrance” (Bono Giamboni, before 1292), and, from 1292 also “income, revenue”.^(DELI 1999)^(REW 1935) ''Entratura'' “easy access to influential people” is in Benedetto Varchi before 1565.^(DELI 1999) Sabatini–Coletti date the sense “to have to do with”, now ''entrarci'', to the 18th century.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 12th century – The ''Ritmo di Sant'Alessio'' uses the verb.^(TLIO)

+ * 13th century – Patecchio of Cremona uses the infinitive as a noun.^(TLIO)

+ * c. 1284 – It is used for being admitted to a group.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1292 – ''Entrata'' “income” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante uses it for beginning.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1532 – Ariosto uses it for fitting into something.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 18th century – ''Entrarci'' “to have to do with” appears.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|enter]], go in or come in, pass from outside to inside: ''Siamo entrati dalla porta sul retro.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To fit into something, go in, be contained; of a number, to go into another number.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # To fit into clothes or shoes; of clothes, to fit someone.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Of a thought or feeling, to get into someone.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To join a group or association; to take up a job or start a career.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # To come into a new state or period: ''entrare in vigore''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(theatre)'' To come on stage.^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[entrata]]

+ * [[entratura]]

+ * [[entrante]]

+ * [[rientrare]]

+ * [[sottentrare]]

+ * [[subentrare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entrarci]]

+ * [[dentro]]

+ * [[entro]]

+ * [[uscire]]

+ * [[la|intrō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Entrare'' takes ''essere''.^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) ''Entrarci'' means “to fit in” and, figuratively, “to have to do with”: ''che c'entra?'' “what has that got to do with it?”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Fixed phrases include ''entrare in scena'' “to come on stage; to come into play” and ''entrare da un orecchio e uscire dall'altro'' “to go in one ear and out the other”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}