ungere

Italian

Alternative forms

• unger (apocopic)
• ugnere (archaic)
• ognere

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ungere, from earlier unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃engʷ- (“to smear”, “to anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈun.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -undʒere
• Hyphenation: ùn‧ge‧re

Verb

ùngere (first-person singular present ùngo, first-person singular past historic ùnsi, past participle ùnto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to oil, lubricate
2. to anoint
3. to flatter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ùngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	ùngere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		ungèndo
present participle		ungènte	past participle		ùnto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ùngo	ùngi	ùnge	ungiàmo	ungéte	ùngono
imperfect	ungévo	ungévi	ungéva	ungevàmo	ungevàte	ungévano
past historic	ùnsi	ungésti	ùnse	ungémmo	ungéste	ùnsero
future	ungerò	ungerài	ungerà	ungerémo	ungeréte	ungerànno
conditional	ungerèi	ungerésti	ungerèbbe, ungerébbe	ungerémmo	ungeréste	ungerèbbero, ungerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	ùnga	ùnga	ùnga	ungiàmo	ungiàte	ùngano
imperfect	ungéssi	ungéssi	ungésse	ungéssimo	ungéste	ungéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		ùngi	ùnga	ungiàmo	ungéte	ùngano
negative imperative		non ùngere	non ùnga	non ungiàmo	non ungéte	non ùngano

Related terms

• ungersi
• ungitore
• ungitura
• unguento
• untare
• unto
• untore
• untura
• unzione

Anagrams

• ugnere

Latin

Alternative forms

• unguere

Verb

ungēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of ungō

Verb

ungere

1. inflection of ungō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From unge +‎ -re.

Noun

ungere f (plural ungeri)

1. lubrication

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ungere	ungerea		ungeri	ungerile
genitive-dative	ungeri	ungerii		ungeri	ungerilor
vocative	ungere, ungereo			ungerilor