trafiggere

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin trānsfigō. Cognate with Piedmontese trafige.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traˈfid.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -iddʒere
  • Hyphenation: tra‧fìg‧ge‧re

Verb

trafìggere (first-person singular present trafìggo, first-person singular past historic trafìssi, past participle trafìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to pierce
  2. to produce a sharp, acute, or stabbing pain in (an organ, etc.)
    la polmonite gli trafiggeva il petto
    the pneumonia hurt his chest sharply
  3. to offend harshly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trafìggere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive trafìggere
auxiliary verb avére gerund trafiggèndo
present participle trafiggènte past participle trafìtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present trafìggo trafìggi trafìgge trafiggiàmo trafiggéte trafìggono
imperfect trafiggévo trafiggévi trafiggéva trafiggevàmo trafiggevàte trafiggévano
past historic trafìssi trafiggésti trafìsse trafiggémmo trafiggéste trafìssero
future trafiggerò trafiggerài trafiggerà trafiggerémo trafiggeréte trafiggerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present trafiggerèi trafiggerésti trafiggerèbbe, trafiggerébbe trafiggerémmo trafiggeréste trafiggerèbbero, trafiggerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present trafìgga trafìgga trafìgga trafiggiàmo trafiggiàte trafìggano
imperfect trafiggéssi trafiggéssi trafiggésse trafiggéssimo trafiggéste trafiggéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
trafìggi trafìgga trafiggiàmo trafiggéte trafìggano
negative imperative non trafìggere non trafìgga non trafiggiàmo non trafiggéte non trafìggano

Derived terms

Further reading

  • trafiggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • trafiggere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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