tingere

Italian

Alternative forms

  • tinger (apocopic)
  • tignere (archaic or poetic)[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tingere (“to dye, to paint”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, to dip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtin.d͡ʒe.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -indʒere
  • Hyphenation: tìn‧ge‧re

Verb

tìngere (first-person singular present tìngo, first-person singular past historic tìnsi, past participle tìnto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to dye, to paint
  2. to stain, to soil
  3. (figurative, poetic) to stain (morally)
  4. (poetic) to wet, to moisten
  5. (figurative, literary) to tinge, to color

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tìngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tìngere
auxiliary verb avére gerund tingèndo
present participle tingènte past participle tìnto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tìngo tìngi tìnge tingiàmo tingéte tìngono
imperfect tingévo tingévi tingéva tingevàmo tingevàte tingévano
past historic tìnsi tingésti tìnse tingémmo tingéste tìnsero
future tingerò tingerài tingerà tingerémo tingeréte tingerànno
conditional tingerèi tingerésti tingerèbbe, tingerébbe tingerémmo tingeréste tingerèbbero, tingerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tìnga tìnga tìnga tingiàmo tingiàte tìngano
imperfect tingéssi tingéssi tingésse tingéssimo tingéste tingéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tìngi tìnga tingiàmo tingéte tìngano
negative imperative non tìngere non tìnga non tingiàmo non tingéte non tìngano

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 tingere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

tingēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of tingō

Verb

tingere

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