tonfare

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Italian

Etymology

tonfo (“thud”, noun) +‎ -are (first-conjugation verbal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tonˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ton‧fà‧re

Verb

tonfàre (first-person singular present tónfo, first-person singular past historic tonfài, past participle tonfàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to fall heavily producing a dull sound
    1. to thud, to make a thud
      • 1852, Paolo Emiliani Giudici, chapter XVII, in Beppe Arpia‎, Florence: Luigi Ducci e comp., page 452:
        Beppe salta giù, e tonfa come un masso: pareva fosse diventato sordo-muto, non poteva profferire parola.
        Beppe jumps down, and thuds like a rock: he seemed to have become deaf-mute; he couldn't utter one word.
    2. to plop, to splash
  2. (transitive, Tuscany) to hit, to beat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tonfàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tonfàre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund tonfàndo
present participle tonfànte past participle tonfàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tónfo tónfi tónfa tonfiàmo tonfàte tónfano
imperfect tonfàvo tonfàvi tonfàva tonfavàmo tonfavàte tonfàvano
past historic tonfài tonfàsti tonfò tonfàmmo tonfàste tonfàrono
future tonferò tonferài tonferà tonferémo tonferéte tonferànno
conditional tonferèi tonferésti tonferèbbe, tonferébbe tonferémmo tonferéste tonferèbbero, tonferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tónfi tónfi tónfi tonfiàmo tonfiàte tónfino
imperfect tonfàssi tonfàssi tonfàsse tonfàssimo tonfàste tonfàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tónfa tónfi tonfiàmo tonfàte tónfino
negative imperative non tonfàre non tónfi non tonfiàmo non tonfàte non tónfino

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

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