masticare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin masticāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I grind the teeth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.stiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sti‧cà‧re

Verb

masticàre (first-person singular present màstico, first-person singular past historic masticài, past participle masticàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to chew
  2. (transitive) to crunch
  3. (transitive, figurative) to smatter (of languages)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of masticàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive masticàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund masticàndo
present participle masticànte past participle masticàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present màstico màstichi màstica mastichiàmo masticàte màsticano
imperfect masticàvo masticàvi masticàva masticavàmo masticavàte masticàvano
past historic masticài masticàsti masticò masticàmmo masticàste masticàrono
future masticherò masticherài masticherà masticherémo masticheréte masticherànno
conditional masticherèi masticherésti masticherèbbe, masticherébbe masticherémmo masticheréste masticherèbbero, masticherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present màstichi màstichi màstichi mastichiàmo mastichiàte màstichino
imperfect masticàssi masticàssi masticàsse masticàssimo masticàste masticàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
màstica màstichi mastichiàmo masticàte màstichino
negative imperative non masticàre non màstichi non mastichiàmo non masticàte non màstichino

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Latin

Verb

masticāre

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

Romanian

Etymology

From mastica +‎ -re.

Noun

masticare f (plural masticări)

  1. mastication

Declension

Declension of masticare
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative masticare masticarea masticări masticările
genitive-dative masticări masticării masticări masticărilor
vocative masticare, masticareo masticărilor

Spanish

Verb

masticare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of masticar
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