atinge

Portuguese

Verb

atinge

1. inflection of atingir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-

Proto-Italic *tangō

Latin tangō

Latin attingō

Romanian atinge

Inherited from Latin attingere, from ad- (“to”) +‎ tangō (“touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtin.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -ind͡ʒe
• Hyphenation: a‧tin‧ge

Verb

a atinge (third-person singular present atinge, past participle atins) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to touch
2. (transitive, figurative) to touch (affect emotionally)
3. (transitive, figurative, of goals) to reach, fulfil
   • 1967 December 2, Scînteia‎^[1], number 7541, Bucharest, page 7:

     Constituția din 7 octombrie 1949, a spus el, și-a atins obiectivele.

     The Constitution of 7 October 1949, he said, has reached its objectives.

4. (transitive, figurative) to touch on (mention)
5. (reflexive) to touch lightly, touch in passing, perhaps inadvertently [with de]
   • 1936, Mihail Sadoveanu, chapter 8, in Izvorul Alb [The White Spring] (Frații Jderi [The Wolverine brothers]; 2), Bucharest: Național-Ciornei:

     Găsise prilej să se atingă de umărul lui, în trecere.

     She had found the opportunity to brush against his shoulder, in passing.

6. (reflexive, somewhat informal) to mess with something (interfere in an unqualified manner, liable to cause damage) [with de]
7. (reflexive, somewhat informal) to unethically threaten the integrity of something one has no rights to, lay one’s grubby hands on [with de]
8. (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, somewhat informal) to touch (consume, use) [with de]
   • 1942, Ion Agârbiceanu, chapter 12, in În pragul vieții‎^[2], Bucharest, page 213:

     Pusese el mereu de o parte câte ceva, dar nevoile vieții nu-l lăsară să nu se atingă de ei.

     He had always saved some money, but the necessities of life didn’t allow him to not dip into it.

   • 2023, Magdalena Ciubăncan, transl., Fata care s-a transformat în bețișoare [The girl who turned into chopsticks]‎^[3], Bucharest: Humanitas, translation of 木になった亜沙 [Ki ni natta Asa, Asa became a tree] by Natsuko Imamura, →ISBN:

     […] acesta nici nu s-a atins de ceaiul și de prăjiturile care i-au fost oferite.

     […] he didn’t even touch the tea and cookies which were offered to him.

9. (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, informal) to mess with someone (act in a hostile manner) [with de]
10. (transitive, now uncommon) to hurt (offend)
    • 1842, Alecu Donici, “Келтᲈіторіᲈл ші рѫndᲈnіка [Cheltuitoriul și rândunica, The spendthrift and the swallow]”, in Fabule [Fables]‎^[4], volume 2, Iași, page 39:

      Nᲈ вреᲈ̆ се-атіnг пе nіmе,
      Dар mᲈлт mъ mі̆ер ѫn сіnе:
      Dе че, тот оmᲈл къnd грешъще
      Асᲈпра алтᲈе се dеzвіnовъцъще?

      Nu vreu se-ating pe nime,
      Dar mult mă mier în sine:
      De ce, tot omul când greșăște
      Asupra altue se dezvinovățăște?

      I don’t want to hurt anybody,
      But I’m much wondering to myself:
      Why does everyone, after making a mistake
      Lay the blame someone else?

11. (reflexive, obsolete) to pertain to [with de]

Conjugation

    conjugation of atinge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a atinge
gerund			atingând
past participle			atins
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ating	atingi	atinge	atingem	atingeți	ating
	imperfect	atingeam	atingeai	atingea	atingeam	atingeați	atingeau
	simple perfect	atinsei	atinseși	atinse	atinserăm	atinserăți	atinseră
	pluperfect	atinsesem	atinseseși	atinsese	atinseserăm	atinseserăți	atinseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ating	să atingi	să atingă	să atingem	să atingeți	să atingă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		atinge			atingeți
	negative		nu atinge			nu atingeți

Derived terms

• atingere
• atinsătură

Further reading

• atinge in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1913), Dicționarul limbii române‎^[5] (in Romanian), volume 1, part 1, Bucharest, pages 353–355