stringo

See also stringò

Italian

Verb

stringo

1. first-person singular present indicative of stringere
2. first-person singular present indicative of stringare

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Latin

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *strenk-. Cognate with Lithuanian stregti (“congeal”), Old English streccian (“stretch”), Danish, Dutch and German streng (“strict”) and German stramm (“stiff”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈstrin.ɡoː/

Verb

present active stringō, present infinitive stringere, perfect active strīnxī, supine strictum.

1. I press, tighten, compress.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stringō	stringis	stringit	stringimus	stringitis	stringunt
	future	stringam	stringēs	stringet	stringēmus	stringētis	stringent
	imperfect	stringēbam	stringēbās	stringēbat	stringēbāmus	stringēbātis	stringēbant
	perfect	strīnxī	strīnxistī	strīnxit	strīnximus	strīnxistis	strīnxērunt
	future perfect	strīnxerō	strīnxeris	strīnxerit	strīnxerimus	strīnxeritis	strīnxerint
	pluperfect	strīnxeram	strīnxerās	strīnxerat	strīnxerāmus	strīnxerātis	strīnxerant
passive	present	stringor	stringeris	stringitur	stringimur	stringiminī	stringuntur
	future	stringar	stringēris	stringētur	stringēmur	stringēminī	stringentur
	imperfect	stringēbar	stringēbāris	stringēbātur	stringēbāmur	stringēbāminī	stringēbantur
	perfect	Use strictus m, stricta f, strictum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use strictus m, stricta f, strictum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use strictus m, stricta f, strictum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stringam	stringās	stringat	stringāmus	stringātis	stringant
	imperfect	stringerem	stringerēs	stringeret	stringerēmus	stringerētis	stringerent
	perfect	strīnxerim	strīnxerīs	strīnxerit	strīnxerīmus	strīnxerītis	strīnxerint
	pluperfect	strīnxissem	strīnxissēs	strīnxisset	strīnxissēmus	strīnxissētis	strīnxissent
passive	present	stringar	stringāris	stringātur	stringāmur	stringāminī	stringantur
	imperfect	stringerer	stringerēris	stringerētur	stringerēmur	stringerēminī	stringerentur
	perfect	Use strictus m, stricta f, strictum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use strictus m, stricta f, strictum 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	stringe	stringitō	stringitō	stringere	stringitor	stringitor
	plural	stringite	stringitōte	stringuntō	stringiminī	—	stringuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		stringere	strīnxisse	strictūrus esse	stringī	strictus esse	strictum īrī
participles		stringēns (stringentis)	—	strictūrus-ra, -rum	—	strictus-a, -um	stringendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

Derived terms

astringō circumstringō cōnstringō dēstringō distringō

obstringō perstringō praestringō restringō strictē

strictim strictiō strictivilla strictīvus strictor

strictūra strictus strigōsus stringor substringō

Descendants

Albanian: shtrëngoj Aromanian: stringu, strindzire Catalan: estrènyer Dalmatian: strengar English: strain, stress, strict, stringent French: étreindre Friulian: strengi

Italian: stringere Occitan: estrénher, estrénger Old French: estreindre Portuguese: estringir, restringir Romanian: strânge Sardinian: istringhere, istringi, stringiri Spanish: estreñir