- accontentare
- satisfy* * *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.* * *[akkonten'tare]1. vtto 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
* * *[akkonten'tare] 1.verbo transitivo (soddisfare) to satisfy, to please, to content [persona]2.difficile da accontentare — hard to please, choosy
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
••chi si accontenta gode — prov. enough is as good as a feast
* * *accontentare/akkonten'tare/ [1]I verbo transitivo(soddisfare) to satisfy, to please, to content [persona]; difficile da accontentare hard to please, choosyII accontentarsi verbo pronominaleto content oneself (di with); -rsi di fare to be content to do; mi accontento di poco I'm satisfied with very littleIDIOMSchi si accontenta gode prov. enough is as good as a feast.
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese. 2013.