fingere

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin fingere (“to form, shape”).

Pronunciation

Verb

fingere (imperative finger, infinitive at fingere, present tense fingerer, past tense fingerede, perfect tense har fingeret)

  1. simulate

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fingere (“to fashion, make up”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”).

Pronunciation

Verb

fìngere (first-person singular present fìngo, first-person singular past historic fìnsi, past participle fìnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pretend; to feign; to dissemble
    Synonyms: fare finta, fare credere, dare a vedere, dare a intendere, simulare, dissimulare, ingannare, mentire
  2. (transitive) (with or ) to pretend, imagine, or suppose (that)
    Synonyms: supporre, imaginare
  3. (transitive, literary) to shape or model

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fìngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive fìngere
auxiliary verb avére gerund fingèndo
present participle fingènte past participle fìnto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present fìngo fìngi fìnge fingiàmo fingéte fìngono
imperfect fingévo fingévi fingéva fingevàmo fingevàte fingévano
past historic fìnsi fingésti fìnse fingémmo fingéste fìnsero
future fingerò fingerài fingerà fingerémo fingeréte fingerànno
conditional fingerèi fingerésti fingerèbbe, fingerébbe fingerémmo fingeréste fingerèbbero, fingerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present fìnga fìnga fìnga fingiàmo fingiàte fìngano
imperfect fingéssi fingéssi fingésse fingéssimo fingéste fingéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
fìngi fìnga fingiàmo fingéte fìngano
negative imperative non fìngere non fìnga non fingiàmo non fingéte non fìngano

Further reading

  • fingere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • fingere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

fingēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of fingō

Verb

fingere

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