tangere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tangere, present active infinitive of tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.

Verb

tangere

1. (transitive) To touch
2. (transitive) To elicit an emotional response

Conjugation

• Most modern sources say that this is a defective verb, and that only the third person singular (tange), and the first, second and third person plural (tangiamo, tangete and tangono) of the present tense are normally used.

    Conjugation of tangere

infinitive	tangere
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		tangendo
present participle		tangente	past participle		tanguto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tango	tangi	tange	tangiamo	tangete	tangono
imperfect	tangevo	tangevi	tangeva	tangevamo	tangevate	tangevano
past historic	tangei	tangesti	tangette, tangé	tangemmo	tangeste	tangettero, tangerono
future	tangerò	tangerai	tangerà	tangeremo	tangerete	tangeranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tangerei	tangeresti	tangerebbe	tangeremmo	tangereste	tangerebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tanga	tanga	tanga	tangiamo	tangiate	tangano
imperfect	tangessi	tangessi	tangesse	tangessimo	tangeste	tangessero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tangi, non tangere	tanga	tangiamo	tangete	tangano

See also

• toccare

Anagrams

• regnate

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Latin

Verb

tangēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of tangō

Verb

tangere

1. present active infinitive of tangō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of tangō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of tangō