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Lessi sua lettera e risposi seduta stante.

Translation

I've read your letter and I responded immediately.



Analysis


lessi
     1. adj. masculine plural of lesso
     2. n. plural of lesso
     3. v. first-person singular past historic of leggere
     4. v. second-person singular present indicative of lessare
     5. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of lessare
     6. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of lessare
     7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of lessare
     8. v. third-person singular imperative of lessare
     leggere
          1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) to read
          2. adj. feminine plural of leggero
     lessare
          1. v. To boil (to cook in boiling water), to stew, to poach.
     lesso
          1. adj. boiled
          2. n. boiled meat
          3. n. boiling meat
          4. v. first-person singular present indicative of lessare
sua
     1. pron. feminine singular of suo
     2. adj. feminine singular of suo
     suo
          1. adj. his, her, its
          2. adj. (often, capitalised) your (polite singular form)
          3. pron. his, hers, its own.
          4. pron. (often, capitalised) yours (polite singular form)
lettera
     1. n. letter (all senses)
e
     1. conj. and
risposi
     1. v. first-person singular past historic of rispondere
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of risposare
     3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of risposare
     4. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of risposare
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of risposare
     6. v. third-person singular imperative of risposare
     rispondere
          1. v. to answer, reply or respond
          2. v. (~ a) to correspond to
          3. v. (~ di) to be responsible for
     risposare
          1. v. To marry again.
seduta
     1. n. session, meeting, sitting
     2. n. seat (of a chair etc)
     3. n. (by extension) chair
     4. adj. feminine singular of seduto
     5. Participle. feminine singular of seduto
     seduto
          1. adj. sitting, seated
          2. v. past participle of sedere (feminine: seduta, masculine plural: seduti, feminine plural: sedute)
          3. v. past participle of sedersi
stante
     1. adj. (arts) standing
     2. prep. because of; owing to
     3. v. present participle of stare
     stare
          1. v. (intransitive) to stay, remain
          2. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to keep, stick
          3. v. (intransitive, followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
          4. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to be up to
          5. v. (intransitive, followed by per) to be about to
          6. v. (intransitive, mathematics) to be to
          7. v. (intransitive, regional) to live
          8. v. to be in a certain condition
seduta stante
     1. adv. immediately (literally "at the same sitting", "without standing up")




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