Da Pon·te (d? p?n?t?, dä p?n?t?), Lorenzo 1749-1838. Italian-born American poet and educator who wrote librettos for Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790).American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Da Ponte (Italian d? ?p?nte) n (Biography) Lorenzo (lo?r?ntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749?1838, Italian writer; Mozart’s librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Cosi fan tutte (1790)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Da Pon?te (d? ?p?n ti; It. d? ?p?n t?) Lorenzo (Emanuele Conegliano), 1749?1838, Italian librettist, in the U.S. after 1805. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.