fingo

Italian

Verb

fingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fingere

Anagrams

• gonfi

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeiǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teikhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (degdhi) and English dough.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfin.ɡoː/

Verb

present active fingō, present infinitive fingere, perfect active finxī, supine fictum.

1. I shape, fashion, form.
2. I adorn, dress, arrange.
3. I dissemble; I alter the truth in order to deceive; feign; pretend.
4. I train, teach, instruct.

Conjugation

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fingō	fingis	fingit	fingimus	fingitis	fingunt
	future	fingam	fingēs	finget	fingēmus	fingētis	fingent
	imperfect	fingēbam	fingēbās	fingēbat	fingēbāmus	fingēbātis	fingēbant
	perfect	finxī	finxistī	finxit	finximus	finxistis	finxērunt
	future perfect	finxerō	finxeris	finxerit	finxerimus	finxeritis	finxerint
	pluperfect	finxeram	finxerās	finxerat	finxerāmus	finxerātis	finxerant
passive	present	fingor	fingeris	fingitur	fingimur	fingiminī	finguntur
	future	fingar	fingēris	fingētur	fingēmur	fingēminī	fingentur
	imperfect	fingēbar	fingēbāris	fingēbātur	fingēbāmur	fingēbāminī	fingēbantur
	perfect	Use fictus m, ficta f, fictum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use fictus m, ficta f, fictum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use fictus m, ficta f, fictum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fingam	fingās	fingat	fingāmus	fingātis	fingant
	imperfect	fingerem	fingerēs	fingeret	fingerēmus	fingerētis	fingerent
	perfect	finxerim	finxerīs	finxerit	finxerīmus	finxerītis	finxerint
	pluperfect	finxissem	finxissēs	finxisset	finxissēmus	finxissētis	finxissent
passive	present	fingar	fingāris	fingātur	fingāmur	fingāminī	fingantur
	imperfect	fingerer	fingerēris	fingerētur	fingerēmur	fingerēminī	fingerentur
	perfect	Use fictus m, ficta f, fictum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use fictus m, ficta f, fictum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	finge	fingitō	fingitō	fingere	fingitor	fingitor
	plural	fingite	fingitōte	finguntō	fingiminī	—	finguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fingere	finxisse	fictūrus esse	fingī	fictus esse	fictum īrī
participles		fingēns (fingentis)	—	fictūrus-ra, -rum	—	fictus-a, -um	fingendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• fictē
• fictum
• fictus
• fingibilis

Descendants

Danish: fingere Dutch: veinzen English: feign French: feindre German: fingieren

Italian: fingere Occitan: fénher Portuguese fingir Spanish: fingir, heñir

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Swedish

Verb

fingo

1. Obsolete plural form of fick, past tense of få.