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Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam.poˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: tam‧po‧nà‧re
Verb
tamponàre (first-person singular present tampóno, first-person singular past historic tamponài, past participle tamponàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (medicine) to plug (a wound) with a tampon, compress, etc.
- tamponare un'epistassi ― to tampon one's nose (to stop a nose bleed)
- (by extension) to plug (a leak)
- (figurative) to provide a provisional or makeshift remedy for a critical situation; to apply a bandage to
- tamponare un debito ― to provisionally remedy a debt[1]
- (soccer) to block the offensive play of the adversary
- tamponare gli attacchi avversari ― to block the adversary's attacks
- (automotive) to rear-end
- (chemistry) to buffer
Conjugation
References
- ^ e.g. by only paying the minimum monthly premium or postponing payment
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From tampona + -re.
Noun
tamponare f (plural tamponări)
- car crash
Declension
Spanish
Verb
tamponare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tamponar