Meaning of pertineo | Babel Free
[pɛrˈtɪ.ne.oː]Definitions
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to extend, stretch out, reach, matter conjugation-2, no-supine
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to belong, relate, pertain, have concern conjugation-2, no-supine
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to have a tendency to, tend to conjugation-2, no-supine
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to apply to, be applicable to, suit, be suitable to conjugation-2, no-supine
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to be the property of, belong to; to be attributable to Late-Latin, conjugation-2, no-supine
Equivalents
English
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Examples
“Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyrenaeos montes et eam partem Oceani quae est ad Hispaniam pertinet; spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones.”
Aquitania extends from the river Garonne to the Pyrenaean mountains and to that part of the ocean which is near Spain: it looks between the setting of the sun, and the north star.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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