tamponare

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam.poˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: tam‧po‧nà‧re

Verb

tamponàre (first-person singular present tampóno, first-person singular past historic tamponài, past participle tamponàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (medicine) to plug (a wound) with a tampon, compress, etc.

   tamponare un'epistassi ― to tampon one's nose (to stop a nose bleed)

2. (by extension) to plug (a leak)
3. (figurative) to provide a provisional or makeshift remedy for a critical situation; to apply a bandage to

   tamponare un debito ― to provisionally remedy a debt

4. (soccer) to block the offensive play of the adversary

   tamponare gli attacchi avversari ― to block the adversary's attacks

5. (automotive) to rear-end
6. (chemistry) to buffer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tamponàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	tamponàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		tamponàndo
present participle		tamponànte	past participle		tamponàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tampóno	tampóni	tampóna	tamponiàmo	tamponàte	tampónano
imperfect	tamponàvo	tamponàvi	tamponàva	tamponavàmo	tamponavàte	tamponàvano
past historic	tamponài	tamponàsti	tamponò	tamponàmmo	tamponàste	tamponàrono
future	tamponerò	tamponerài	tamponerà	tamponerémo	tamponeréte	tamponerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tamponerèi	tamponerésti	tamponerèbbe, tamponerébbe	tamponerémmo	tamponeréste	tamponerèbbero, tamponerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tampóni	tampóni	tampóni	tamponiàmo	tamponiàte	tampónino
imperfect	tamponàssi	tamponàssi	tamponàsse	tamponàssimo	tamponàste	tamponàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tampóna	tampóni	tamponiàmo	tamponàte	tampónino
negative imperative		non tamponàre	non tampóni	non tamponiàmo	non tamponàte	non tampónino

Related terms

• tamponamento
• tampone

Anagrams

• paramento, promanate, ramponate, tamponerà

Romanian

Etymology

From tampona +‎ -re.

Noun

tamponare f (plural tamponări)

1. car crash

Declension

Declension of tamponare

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) tamponare	tamponarea	(niște) tamponări	tamponările
genitive/dative	(unei) tamponări	tamponării	(unor) tamponări	tamponărilor
vocative	tamponare, tamponareo		tamponărilor

Spanish

Verb

tamponare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tamponar