Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tangere, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tàngere (third-person only, third-person singular present tànge, no past historic, no past participle) (transitive)

  1. to touch
  2. to touch emotionally, to elicit an emotional response in

Conjugation

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  • This verb is missing its past historic and past participle. In addition, in modern usage this verb is used only in the third person. The participles, tatto and tangente, have survived with other meanings.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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tangēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of tangō

Verb

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tangere

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