tamponare

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam.poˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tam‧po‧nà‧re

Verb

tamponàre (first-person singular present tampóno, first-person singular past historic tamponài, past participle tamponàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (medicine) to plug (a wound) with a tampon, compress, etc.
    tamponare un'epistassi ― to tampon one's nose (to stop a nose bleed)
  2. (by extension) to plug (a leak)
  3. (figurative) to provide a provisional or makeshift remedy for a critical situation; to apply a bandage to
    tamponare un debito ― to provisionally remedy a debt[1]
  4. (soccer) to block the offensive play of the adversary
    tamponare gli attacchi avversari ― to block the adversary's attacks
  5. (automotive) to rear-end
  6. (chemistry) to buffer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tamponàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tamponàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund tamponàndo
present participle tamponànte past participle tamponàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tampóno tampóni tampóna tamponiàmo tamponàte tampónano
imperfect tamponàvo tamponàvi tamponàva tamponavàmo tamponavàte tamponàvano
past historic tamponài tamponàsti tamponò tamponàmmo tamponàste tamponàrono
future tamponerò tamponerài tamponerà tamponerémo tamponeréte tamponerànno
conditional tamponerèi tamponerésti tamponerèbbe, tamponerébbe tamponerémmo tamponeréste tamponerèbbero, tamponerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tampóni tampóni tampóni tamponiàmo tamponiàte tampónino
imperfect tamponàssi tamponàssi tamponàsse tamponàssimo tamponàste tamponàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tampóna tampóni tamponiàmo tamponàte tampónino
negative imperative non tamponàre non tampóni non tamponiàmo non tamponàte non tampónino

References

  1. ^ e.g. by only paying the minimum monthly premium or postponing payment

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From tampona +‎ -re.

Noun

tamponare f (plural tamponări)

  1. car crash

Declension

Declension of tamponare
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tamponare tamponarea tamponări tamponările
genitive-dative tamponări tamponării tamponări tamponărilor
vocative tamponare, tamponareo tamponărilor

Spanish

Verb

tamponare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tamponar
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