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AdrianC602

Eserciti

Post by AdrianC602 »

Armies, right?

Mmm.
How do you say "apply"?
quanti
eserciti
difficoltà

And, yes, "eserciti" was the answer required.

What meaning of "eserciti" could be aligned with the English "apply"?

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O.Zoe
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According to Word Reference, esercitare can also mean "carry out, perform", "employ, use". So, maybe something along those lines?

Moreover, esercitare pressioni means "to apply pressure". (See here)

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AdrianC602

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Ah, thanks.

Tenuous, though...

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gmads
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Re: Eserciti

Post by gmads »

AdrianC602 wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:42 pm

Armies, right?

Right. The word "eserciti" is the masculine, plural noun of "esercito:" the land military forces (vs. the navy & the air force).

AdrianC602 wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:42 pm

How do you say "apply"?

To answer this. one would first need to know the specific acception of the word you are referring to: Merriam-Webster, Cambridge, Collins...

AdrianC602 wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:44 pm

Tenuous, though...

... precisely.

AdrianC602 wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:42 pm

How do you say "apply"?
quanti
eserciti
difficoltà

What meaning of "eserciti" could be aligned with the English "apply"?

Mhh... The English word "apply" is a verb, while the Italian word "quanti" may act as an adjective, pronoun, adverb, conjunction, noun; the Italian word "eserciti," may be a noun... or a verb, especifically: the indicative, present, 2nd person singular; or the subjunctive, present, 1st, 2nd, 3th persons singular; or the imperative, formal, 2nd person singular; the Italian word "difficoltà," is a noun.

Therefore, and by the way it looks, "apply" can only match with "eserciti" as they are both verbs.

I'd say you need to check the meanings and uses of the word esercitare and see which best fits the ones of apply.

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AdrianC602

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Ah, if only there were more context... That was the sum total of the question, word-for-word.

I did screenshot it, but then couldn't be bothered to trim, upload, etc.

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gmads
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Re: Eserciti

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Yes, I know. Duo likes to throw random sentences without giving any hint about the context... one can only imagine. The problem is when they decide that only a particular value of a set is the correct answer :x

Given that lack of context, however, the best course of action to get an answer or set of answer is to first match the grammatical value of the words in question and then match the meanings.

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