accontentare

satisfy

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accontentare v.tr. to satisfy, to please, to content, to meet*: accontentare i desideri di qlcu., to meet (o to satisfy) s.o.'s wishes; accontentare qlcu., to please s.o.; è difficile da accontentare, she's hard (o difficult) to please; fallo per accontentarmi, do it to please me.

◘ accontentarsi v.rifl. to be satisfied (with sthg.), to be pleased (with sthg.), to be content (with sthg.): ci accontentiamo di molto poco, we are content with very little; voleva cento euro ma poi si è accontentato di molto meno, he wanted one hundred euros but in the end he settled for much less.

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[akkonten'tare]

1. vt

to satisfy

cercare di accontentare tutti — to try to please everybody

è molto difficile da accontentare — she's very difficult to please

2. vip (accontentarsi)

accontentarsi (di) — to content o.s. (with)

mi dovrò accontentare di vederlo in TV — I'll have to make do with seeing it on TV, (essere soddisfatto) to be content (with), be satisfied (with)

accontentarsi di poco — to be easily pleased

chi si accontenta gode — (Proverbio) well pleased is well served

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[akkonten'tare] 1.

verbo transitivo (soddisfare) to satisfy, to please, to content [persona]

difficile da accontentare — hard to please, choosy

2.

verbo pronominale accontentarsi to content oneself (di with)

-rsi di fare — to be content to do

mi accontento di poco — I'm satisfied with very little

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chi si accontenta gode — prov. enough is as good as a feast

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accontentare

/akkonten'tare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 (soddisfare) to satisfy, to please, to content [persona]; difficile da accontentare hard to please, choosy

II accontentarsi verbo pronominale

 to content oneself (di with); -rsi di fare to be content to do; mi accontento di poco I'm satisfied with very little

IDIOMS

chi si accontenta gode prov. enough is as good as a feast.