tuffare
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Lombardic *taufan (“to dip, to immerse”), probably from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare German taufen (“to baptize”), Dutch dopen (“to dip, to baptize”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittuffàre (first-person singular present tùffo, first-person singular past historic tuffài, past participle tuffàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (also figurative) to plunge
- (also figurative) to dip
- (by extension) to immerse in soft matter (e.g. flour, cream, a handkerchief)
- tuffare il naso nel fazzoletto
- to put one's nose in the handkerchief
- (literally, “to immerse ...”)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of tuffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | tuffàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | tuffàndo | |||
present participle | tuffànte | past participle | tuffàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | tùffo | tùffi | tùffa | tuffiàmo | tuffàte | tùffano |
imperfect | tuffàvo | tuffàvi | tuffàva | tuffavàmo | tuffavàte | tuffàvano |
past historic | tuffài | tuffàsti | tuffò | tuffàmmo | tuffàste | tuffàrono |
future | tufferò | tufferài | tufferà | tufferémo | tufferéte | tufferànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | tufferèi | tufferésti | tufferèbbe, tufferébbe | tufferémmo | tufferéste | tufferèbbero, tufferébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | tùffi | tùffi | tùffi | tuffiàmo | tuffiàte | tùffino |
imperfect | tuffàssi | tuffàssi | tuffàsse | tuffàssimo | tuffàste | tuffàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
tùffa | tùffi | tuffiàmo | tuffàte | tùffino | ||
negative imperative | non tuffàre | non tùffi | non tuffiàmo | non tuffàte | non tùffino |
Derived terms
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edittuffare
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