astringere

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin astringere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asˈtrin.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -indʒere
  • Hyphenation: a‧strìn‧ge‧re

Verb

astrìngere (first-person singular present astrìngo, first-person singular past historic astrìnsi, past participle astrétto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (literary) to compel, to oblige
  2. (poetic) to grasp tightly; to squeeze
    Synonym: stringere
  3. (medicine) to tighten, to cause an astringent effect to (tissues, etc.)
  4. (medicine) to constipate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of astrìngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive astrìngere
auxiliary verb avére gerund astringèndo
present participle astringènte past participle astrétto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present astrìngo astrìngi astrìnge astringiàmo astringéte astrìngono
imperfect astringévo astringévi astringéva astringevàmo astringevàte astringévano
past historic astrìnsi astringésti astrìnse astringémmo astringéste astrìnsero
future astringerò astringerài astringerà astringerémo astringeréte astringerànno
conditional astringerèi astringerésti astringerèbbe, astringerébbe astringerémmo astringeréste astringerèbbero, astringerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present astrìnga astrìnga astrìnga astringiàmo astringiàte astrìngano
imperfect astringéssi astringéssi astringésse astringéssimo astringéste astringéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
astrìngi astrìnga astringiàmo astringéte astrìngano
negative imperative non astrìngere non astrìnga non astringiàmo non astringéte non astrìngano

Further reading

  • astringere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • astringere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • astrìngere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • astrìngere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Verb

astringēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of astringō

Verb

astringere

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