buffare

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Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare bufare.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bufˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: buf‧fà‧re

Verb

buffàre (first-person singular present bùffo, first-person singular past historic buffài, past participle buffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to blow hard (of the wind)
  2. (transitive, archaic) to blow out (in draughts/checkers)
  3. (transitive, checkers) to capture (a piece that the opponent should have taken)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of buffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive buffàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund buffàndo
present participle buffànte past participle buffàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bùffo bùffi bùffa buffiàmo buffàte bùffano
imperfect buffàvo buffàvi buffàva buffavàmo buffavàte buffàvano
past historic buffài buffàsti buffò buffàmmo buffàste buffàrono
future bufferò bufferài bufferà bufferémo bufferéte bufferànno
conditional bufferèi bufferésti bufferèbbe, bufferébbe bufferémmo bufferéste bufferèbbero, bufferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present bùffi bùffi bùffi buffiàmo buffiàte bùffino
imperfect buffàssi buffàssi buffàsse buffàssimo buffàste buffàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bùffa bùffi buffiàmo buffàte bùffino
negative imperative non buffàre non bùffi non buffiàmo non buffàte non bùffino

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ buffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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