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Italian
Etymology
With a change in conjugation, from Latin tondēre (“to shave, shear”), from Proto-Italic *tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tond-éye-ti, causative derivation of the root *tend- (“to split, cut off”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tóndere (first-person singular present tóndo, first-person singular past historic tondétti or (traditional) tondètti, past participle tondùto or tónso, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic or literary)
- to shave
- Synonym: tosare
14th c., “Capitolo XV [Chapter 15]”, in Fioretti di San Francesco, published 1843, page 41:salutata divotamente la Vergine Maria dinanzi al suo altare, dov'ella era stata tonduta e velata, sì la menarono vedendo il luogo, infino a tanto ch'e' fu ora di desinare- having devoutly hailed the Virgin Mary in front of her altar, where she'd been shaven and veiled, they brought her around to take a look at the place, until it was time for dinner
1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata terza, Novella II [Third Day, Second Novel]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 76:con un paio di forficette, lequali portate havea, gli tondè alquanto dall'una delle parti i capelli- with a small pair of scissors, which he had brought, he cut quite a bit of his hair on one side
- (by extension) to prune; to mow
- Synonym: potare
1940, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mondo vecchio sempre nuovo [Ever-New Old World], Mursia, published 1969:le falci […] vibravan le punte nello spessore dell'erba, tondevano raso terra, leggiere, sicure ed avide- the scythes vibrated their tips in the thickness of the grass, they mowed along the ground, light, secure, and greedy
- (by extension) to graze
- Synonym: brucare
1793, Lorenzo Mascheroni, L'invito di Dafni Orobiano a Lesbia Cidonia:[…] l'erba
Tondea la mite agnella- the meek lamb grazed the grass
Conjugation
infinitive
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tóndere
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auxiliary verb
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avére
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gerund
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tondèndo
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present participle
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tondènte
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past participle
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tondùto, tónso
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person
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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io
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tu
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lui/lei, esso/essa
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noi
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voi
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loro, essi/esse
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present
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tóndo
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tóndi
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tónde
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tondiàmo
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tondéte
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tóndono
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imperfect
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tondévo
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tondévi
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tondéva
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tondevàmo
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tondevàte
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tondévano
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past historic
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tondétti, tondètti1
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tondésti
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tondétte, tondètte1
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tondémmo
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tondéste
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tondéttero, tondèttero1
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future
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tonderò
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tonderài
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tonderà
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tonderémo
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tonderéte
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tonderànno
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conditional
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io
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tu
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lui/lei, esso/essa
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noi
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voi
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loro, essi/esse
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present
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tonderèi
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tonderésti
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tonderèbbe, tonderébbe
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tonderémmo
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tonderéste
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tonderèbbero, tonderébbero
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subjunctive
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che io
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che tu
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che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa
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che noi
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che voi
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che loro, che essi/che esse
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present
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tónda
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tónda
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tónda
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tondiàmo
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tondiàte
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tóndano
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imperfect
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tondéssi
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tondéssi
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tondésse
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tondéssimo
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tondéste
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tondéssero
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imperative
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—
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tu
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Lei
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noi
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voi
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Loro
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tóndi
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tónda
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tondiàmo
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tondéte
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tóndano
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negative imperative
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non tóndere
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non tónda
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non tondiàmo
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non tondéte
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non tóndano
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Further reading
- tondere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
tondēre
- inflection of tondeō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative