tuffare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Lombardic *taufan (“to dip, to immerse”), probably from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare German taufen (“to baptize”), Dutch dopen (“to dip, to baptize”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tuffàre (first-person singular present tùffo, first-person singular past historic tuffài, past participle tuffàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (also figurative) to plunge
- (also figurative) to dip
- (by extension) to immerse in soft matter (e.g. flour, cream, a handkerchief)
- tuffare il naso nel fazzoletto
- to put one's nose in the handkerchief
- (literally, “to immerse ...”)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tuffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | tuffàre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | tuffàndo | |||
| present participle | tuffànte | past participle | tuffàto | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | tùffo | tùffi | tùffa | tuffiàmo | tuffàte | tùffano |
| imperfect | tuffàvo | tuffàvi | tuffàva | tuffavàmo | tuffavàte | tuffàvano |
| past historic | tuffài | tuffàsti | tuffò | tuffàmmo | tuffàste | tuffàrono |
| future | tufferò | tufferài | tufferà | tufferémo | tufferéte | tufferànno |
| conditional | tufferèi | tufferésti | tufferèbbe, tufferébbe | tufferémmo | tufferéste | tufferèbbero, tufferébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | tùffi | tùffi | tùffi | tuffiàmo | tuffiàte | tùffino |
| imperfect | tuffàssi | tuffàssi | tuffàsse | tuffàssimo | tuffàste | tuffàssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| tùffa | tùffi | tuffiàmo | tuffàte | tùffino | ||
| negative imperative | non tuffàre | non tùffi | non tuffiàmo | non tuffàte | non tùffino | |
Derived terms
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