contingere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contingere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtin.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -indʒere
  • Hyphenation: con‧tìn‧ge‧re

Verb

contìngere (first-person singular present contìngo, no past historic, no past participle) (archaic)

  1. (intransitive) to happen, to occur
    Synonyms: accadere, avvenire, succedere
  2. (transitive) to touch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contìngere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive contìngere
auxiliary verb — gerund contingèndo
present participle contingènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contìngo contìngi contìnge contingiàmo contingéte contìngono
imperfect contingévo contingévi contingéva contingevàmo contingevàte contingévano
past historic — — — — — —
future contingerò contingerài contingerà contingerémo contingeréte contingerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contingerèi contingerésti contingerèbbe, contingerébbe contingerémmo contingeréste contingerèbbero, contingerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present contìnga contìnga contìnga contingiàmo contingiàte contìngano
imperfect contingéssi contingéssi contingésse contingéssimo contingéste contingéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
contìngi contìnga contingiàmo contingéte contìngano
negative imperative non contìngere non contìnga non contingiàmo non contingéte non contìngano

References

  • contingere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

contingēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of contingō

Verb

contingere

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