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Meaning of pertineo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[pɛrˈtɪ.ne.oː]

Definitions

  1. to extend, stretch out, reach, matter
    conjugation-2, no-supine
  2. to belong, relate, pertain, have concern
    conjugation-2, no-supine
  3. to have a tendency to, tend to
    conjugation-2, no-supine
  4. to apply to, be applicable to, suit, be suitable to
    conjugation-2, no-supine
  5. to be the property of, belong to; to be attributable to
    Late-Latin, conjugation-2, no-supine

Equivalents

English matter

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.
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