cincischiare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *incīsculāre, derived from Classical Latin incīsus, perfect passive participle of incīdō (“to cut open”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃisˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cin‧ci‧schià‧re

Verb

cincischiàre (first-person singular present cincìschio, first-person singular past historic cincischiài, past participle cincischiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (uncommon, transitive) to miscut
  2. (transitive) to crumple, to crease
  3. (transitive) to mispronounce, to misarticulate
  4. (intransitive) to waste time, to idle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cincischiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive cincischiàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund cincischiàndo
present participle cincischiànte past participle cincischiàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cincìschio cincìschi cincìschia cincischiàmo cincischiàte cincìschiano
imperfect cincischiàvo cincischiàvi cincischiàva cincischiavàmo cincischiavàte cincischiàvano
past historic cincischiài cincischiàsti cincischiò cincischiàmmo cincischiàste cincischiàrono
future cincischierò cincischierài cincischierà cincischierémo cincischieréte cincischierànno
conditional cincischierèi cincischierésti cincischierèbbe, cincischierébbe cincischierémmo cincischieréste cincischierèbbero, cincischierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cincìschi cincìschi cincìschi cincischiàmo cincischiàte cincìschino
imperfect cincischiàssi cincischiàssi cincischiàsse cincischiàssimo cincischiàste cincischiàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cincìschia cincìschi cincischiàmo cincischiàte cincìschino
negative imperative non cincischiàre non cincìschi non cincischiàmo non cincischiàte non cincìschino

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cincischiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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