Noun: pretesto
Gender: m
Hyphenation: pre‧tè‧sto
| Singular m | pretesto |
| Plural m | pretesti |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like pretesto
egocentrismo,
surrogato,
maxicappotto,
diidrofolato,
nipotismo,
buccellato,
bacinetto,
sfrido,
nevometro,
altofondo,
sfarzo,
sfagno,
sforzo,
sfondo,
burchiello,
rosatello,
sciacquamento,
sonnellino,
teletrattamento,
biroccino, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexō (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”). See: Latin Nouns '
praetextum'.
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