pernottare

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Keith

Today’s Parola del Giorno is the intransitive verb, pernottare, which means to spend the night.  The past participle is pernottato; avere is used in compound tenses. See the verb used below in its context:

Mia moglie non vuole pernottare in questo albergo!  Crede che sia un posto orribile e sporco, ma che cosa possiamo mai trovare adesso a mezzanotte!?!  Che palle!

My wife doesn’t want to spend the night in this hotel!  She thinks it is a horrible and dirty place, but what can we ever find now at midnight!?!  What a drag!

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