tuffare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic *taufan (“to dip, to immerse”), probably from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare German taufen (“to baptize”), Dutch dopen (“to dip, to baptize”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tufˈfa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tuf‧fà‧re

Verb

tuffàre (first-person singular present tùffo, first-person singular past historic tuffài, past participle tuffàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (also figurative) to plunge
  2. (also figurative) to dip
  3. (by extension) to immerse in soft matter (e.g. flour, cream, a handkerchief)
    tuffare il naso nel fazzoletto
    to put one's nose in the handkerchief
    (literally, “to immerse ...”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tuffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tuffàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund tuffàndo
present participle tuffànte past participle tuffàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tùffo tùffi tùffa tuffiàmo tuffàte tùffano
imperfect tuffàvo tuffàvi tuffàva tuffavàmo tuffavàte tuffàvano
past historic tuffài tuffàsti tuffò tuffàmmo tuffàste tuffàrono
future tufferò tufferài tufferà tufferémo tufferéte tufferànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tufferèi tufferésti tufferèbbe, tufferébbe tufferémmo tufferéste tufferèbbero, tufferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tùffi tùffi tùffi tuffiàmo tuffiàte tùffino
imperfect tuffàssi tuffàssi tuffàsse tuffàssimo tuffàste tuffàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tùffa tùffi tuffiàmo tuffàte tùffino
negative imperative non tuffàre non tùffi non tuffiàmo non tuffàte non tùffino

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Adjective

tuffare

  1. comparative degree of tuff
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