strofinare

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Italian

Etymology

From Lombardic *straufinōn, from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (“to touch”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (“strip, streak”), see also Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Latvian strēle (“arrow, dart”), Proto-Slavic *strěla (“arrow”).[1] Cognate with German streifen (“to brush, swipe”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stro.fiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stro‧fi‧nà‧re

Verb

strofinàre (first-person singular present strofìno, first-person singular past historic strofinài, past participle strofinàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to rub or scrub
  2. to scour
  3. to wipe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of strofinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive strofinàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund strofinàndo
present participle strofinànte past participle strofinàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present strofìno strofìni strofìna strofiniàmo strofinàte strofìnano
imperfect strofinàvo strofinàvi strofinàva strofinavàmo strofinavàte strofinàvano
past historic strofinài strofinàsti strofinò strofinàmmo strofinàste strofinàrono
future strofinerò strofinerài strofinerà strofinerémo strofineréte strofinerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present strofinerèi strofinerésti strofinerèbbe, strofinerébbe strofinerémmo strofineréste strofinerèbbero, strofinerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present strofìni strofìni strofìni strofiniàmo strofiniàte strofìnino
imperfect strofinàssi strofinàssi strofinàsse strofinàssimo strofinàste strofinàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
strofìna strofìni strofiniàmo strofinàte strofìnino
negative imperative non strofinàre non strofìni non strofiniàmo non strofinàte non strofìnino

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1028-29”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1028-29
  2. ^ strofinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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