See also: Finto, fintó, and fintò

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Etymology

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From French feinte, from feindre (to feign).

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Noun

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finto (accusative singular finton, plural fintoj, accusative plural fintojn)

  1. (chiefly military, sports) A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfin.to/
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Hyphenation: fìn‧to

Etymology 1

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From Latin fictus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *finctus, with a nasal infix. Compare French feint, Lombard fint and Piedmontese fint.

Adjective

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finto (feminine finta, masculine plural finti, feminine plural finte)

  1. false; fake; intended to mislead or distract
    un attacco finto
    a feint
    (literally, “a false attack”)
  2. insincere; feigned
    il suo dolore è finto
    his pain is feigned
    fare il finto tontoto play dumb (literally, “do the feigned dumb”)
  3. hypocritical
  4. artificial
  5. (relational) imitation
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Noun

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finto m (plural finti)

  1. hypocrite
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Participle

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finto (feminine finta, masculine plural finti, feminine plural finte)

  1. past participle of fingere

Etymology 2

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Verb

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finto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fintare

Further reading

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  • finto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfinto/ [ˈfĩn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Syllabification: fin‧to

Verb

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finto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fintar