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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PENTITO

Literally: penitent.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PENTITO

pentito  [penˈtiːto] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENTITO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pentito is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENTITO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pentito

Pentito designates people in Italy who, formerly part of criminal or terrorist organizations, following their arrests decide to "repent" and collaborate with the judicial system to help investigations. The government passed legislation creating the judicial category pentiti to fight terrorism in the 1970s, during the "Years of Lead". Their correct technical name in Italian is collaboratori di giustizia. In the wake of the Maxi Trial in 1986-87, and after the testimony of Tommaso Buscetta, the term was more often used for former members of the Sicilian Mafia who abandoned their organization and started helping in investigations.

Definition of pentito in the English dictionary

The definition of pentito in the dictionary is -ti. a person involved in organized crime who offers information to the police in return for immunity from prosecution.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENTITO

penthemimer
penthemimeral
Penthesilea
Penthesileia
Pentheus
penthouse
pentice
pentimenti
pentimento
pentiti
Pentland Firth
pentlandite
pentobarbital
pentobarbital sodium
pentobarbitone
pentode
pentomic
pentosan
pentose
pentose phosphate pathway

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENTITO

bandito
bito
bonito
burrito
cito
farolito
finito
Hirohito
hornito
incognito
Lobito
manito
mojito
mosquito
Negrito
Quito
subito
Tito
vomito
Yoshihito

Synonyms and antonyms of pentito in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pentito» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENTITO

Find out the translation of pentito to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pentito from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pentito» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pentito
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pentito
570 millions of speakers

English

pentito
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pentito
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

pentito
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pentito
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pentito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pentito
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

repenti
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pentito
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pentito
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pentito
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pentito
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pentito
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

pentito
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pentito
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेन्तिटो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pentito
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pentito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pentito
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pentito
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentito
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

pentito
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

pentito
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pentito
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

pentito
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pentito

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTITO»

The term «pentito» is regularly used and occupies the 92.237 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTITO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pentito

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTITO»

Discover the use of pentito in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pentito and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Webster's New World 575+ Italian Verbs
Auxiliary. verb: essere. Past. participle: pentito(si). Gerund: pentendo(si). Imperative: (tu) pentiti (non pentirti); (Lei) si penta; (noi) pentiamoci; (voi) pentitevi ; (Loro) si pentano Note: Pentirsi requires the preposition di before an infinitive ( see the ...
Laura Soave, 2008
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A grammar of the Italian language
Mi sono pentito, ti sei pentito, si e pentito, ci siamo pentiti, vi siete pentito, i, si sono pentiti, Imperfetto. Mi era pentito, ti eri pentito, si era pentito, ci eravamo pentiti, vi eravate pentito, i, si erano pentiti, Preterite Mi fui pentito, ti fosti pentito, si fu ...
Alfred Elwes, 1852
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The popular educator
Essersi pentito, to have repented. future. Essexe per pentirsi, to be about to repent. Present Participle. Pentente&L, repenting. Pait Participle. Pentitosi, pentftasi, pentitisi, pentitesi, repented. Present Gerund. Pentfindosi, repeniiny. Past Gerund.
Popular educator, 1852
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A Grammar of the Italian Language, Arranged in Twenty ...
... COMPOSTI. INDICATIVO. Presente. Mi sano pentito, ti sei pentito, si e pentito, ci siamo pentiti, vi siete pentito, 1', si sono pentiti,. Imperfetto. Mi era pentito, ti eri pentito, si era pentito, ci eravamo pentiti, vi eravate pentito, 1', st erano pentiti, ...
Alfred Elwes, 1854
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The new popular educator: a complete encyclopædia of ...
Io mi sono pentito, / have repenteti, Tu ti Ht'i pentito. Egli si e pentito. Plnr. Noi ci sifimo pentiti, Voi vi siete pentiti. Eglino si sono pentiti. Indeterminate Pluperfect. Sinn. Io mi era pentito, / had repented. Tu ti eri pentito. Egli si era pentito. Plnr. Noi ...
‎1898
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Mafia: Money and Politics in Sicily, 1950-1997
A statement by a pentito cannot be evaluated purely on the basis of whether it is accepted or rejected in a trial. There are far too many trials with extraordinary verdicts in Italy for that. Each individual pentito's reliability must be evaluated on its ...
René Seindal, 1998
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Credibility in Court: Communicative Practices in the Camorra ...
Cognitively, by foregrounding the personal name of the defendant, the judge presented the pentito with an immediate clue, giving him more time to process the request and probe his memory. By initiating his turn in this fashion, the judge  ...
Marco Jacquemet, 1996
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Culture in Communication: Analyses of Intercultural Situations
These unique interactions between judge and pentito produced a new kind of legal proceeding, in which different sets of truth "made sense" only within the framework of this rapport. The judges involved in the initial stages of the 1983- 1985 ...
Aldo Di Luzio, Susanne Günthner, Franca Orletti, 2001
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Pentito
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Noelene Aoide, 2012
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Pentiti: Tommaso Buscetta, Pentito, Giovanni Pandico, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTITO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pentito is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scafista pentito racconta: "Un barcone vale 500mila €, migranti poi …
A raccontare l'immigrazione clandestina è Nuredin Atta Wehabrebi, uno scafista eritreo di 30 anni e pentito. Lo scafista arrivò in Italia come ... «Blitz quotidiano, Jul 15»
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“A 51 anni sono pronto a sfidare l'Everest dei velisti”
Ma non mi sono mai pentito di aver scelto l'Oceano. Oggi sono imprenditore di me stesso, tra le boe sarei stato un dipendente di lusso, ma ... «La Stampa, Jun 15»
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Follow the money, not the boats
... 'Excellent Cadavers', starring Chazz Palmintieri as Falcone and F. Murray Abraham as Tommaso Buscetta (the first major Mafia 'pentito'). «MaltaToday, May 15»
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Cosa Nostra Diamonds
Antonino is known in the mafia circles for his ruthlessness. He was described by 'pentito', a mafioso who turned state-witness, as “a man to ... «The Zimbabwean, Apr 15»
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Si autoaccusa di quattro omicidi ma non può essere processato
Giustizia Si tratta del pentito agrigentino Daniele Sciabica, che si era autoaccusato di quattro omicidi e un agguato fallito con tre feriti ma non ... «La Valle Dei Templi, Apr 15»
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Island City Opera's Dazzling Production of Rossini's IL SIGNOR …
... Son pentito-tito-tito, » («I'm sorry-sorry-sorry »), which Rossini comically set to music of a funeral march. Bruschino Junior's drunken apology ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Mar 15»
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Figli e famiglia, la verità di Dolce e Gabbana
Mi sono pentito, ho capito che avevo sbagliato, che avevo rotto qualcosa e gli avevo fatto male. L'anno scorso siamo tornati a festeggiarlo tutti ... «Panorama, Mar 15»
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A Classical Halloween: Pt. 1 -What Should We Add?
... and the superstitious knight is taken in - but even then he keeps up his irreverent punning (when the townies sing Fallo pentito Domine! «Iowa Public Radio, Oct 14»
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Ex mobster offers Pope lead on mysterious disappearance of …
Vincenzo Calcara, who was a member of Sicily's Cosa Nostra until he became a “pentito” or informer, has requested a private audience with ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
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Pentito di mafia chiede incontro privato al Papa: «So perché …
... segreti, improrogabili e urgenti». In una lettera inviata al Pontefice, il pentito dice che l'incontro «deve e può cambiare il corso di certi eventi». «Il Messaggero, Jun 14»

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