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trattenendo

holding back, detaining

→ trattenere
tratten hold back + endo gerund
verb · present tense Rare #33,653
holding back, detaining Often used with a person as the object.
IT: La guardia lo sta trattenendo.
EN: The guard is holding him back.
Conjugation of trattenere
Present
trattenendo

Quegli idioti lo stanno trattenendo.

Those idiots are holding him back.

— The Chaser (2008)

Geeta la sta trattenendo molto bene.

Geeta is holding her back very well.

— Dangal (2016)

Io non la sto trattenendo.

I'm not holding her back.

Non la sto trattenendo.

I'm not holding her back.

Io non ti sto trattenendo.

I'm not holding you back.

Stanno trattenendo tutto.

They're holding everything back.

— Bacurau (2019)

Non so cosa stia succedendo, ma la signorina Tamayo stava trattenendo Muzan.

I don't know what's going on, but Miss Tamayo was holding Muzan back.

— Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Il Castello dell’Infinito (2025)