"fingere" meaning in Italian

See fingere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfin.d͡ʒe.re/
Rhymes: -indʒere Etymology: Inherited from Latin fingere (“to fashion, make up”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|fingō|fingere|to fashion, make up|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin fingere (“to fashion, make up”), {{inh+|it|la|fingō|fingere|to fashion, make up}} Inherited from Latin fingere (“to fashion, make up”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-||to mold}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”) Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} fìngere (first-person singular present fìngo, first-person singular past historic fìnsi, past participle fìnto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a\@}} Forms: fìngere [canonical], fìngo [first-person, present, singular], fìnsi [first-person, historic, past, singular], fìnto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], fìngere [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], fingèndo [gerund], fingènte [participle, present], fìnto [participle, past], fìngo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], fìngi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], fìnge [indicative, present, singular, third-person], fingiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], fingéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], fìngono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], fingévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], fingévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], fingéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], fingevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], fingevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], fingévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], fìnsi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], fingésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], fìnse [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], fingémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], fingéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], fìnsero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], fingerò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], fingerài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], fingerà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], fingerémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], fingeréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], fingerànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], fingerèi [conditional, first-person, singular], fingerésti [conditional, second-person, singular], fingerèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], fingerébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], fingerémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], fingeréste [conditional, plural, second-person], fingerèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], fingerébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], fìnga [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], fìnga [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], fìnga [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], fingiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], fingiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], fìngano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], fingéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], fingéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], fingésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], fingéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], fingéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], fingéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], fìngi [imperative, second-person, singular], fìnga [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], fingiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], fingéte [imperative, plural, second-person], fìngano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], fìngere [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], fìnga [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], fingiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], fingéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], fìngano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], finger [alternative, apocopic], fignere [alternative, archaic, regional]
  1. (transitive) to pretend; to feign; to dissemble Tags: transitive Synonyms: fare finta, fare credere, dare a vedere, dare a intendere, simulare, dissimulare, ingannare, mentire
    Sense id: en-fingere-it-verb-KJZgbJuR Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Italian verbs with irregular past participle, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past participle: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 35 35 30
  2. (transitive, with [che + infinitive] or [di + infinitive]) to pretend, imagine, or suppose (that) Tags: transitive Synonyms: supporre, immaginare
    Sense id: en-fingere-it-verb-fU5w8t3m Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Italian verbs with irregular past participle, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past participle: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 35 35 30
  3. (transitive, literary) to shape or model Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-fingere-it-verb-LzzEJ7qq Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Italian verbs with irregular past participle, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past participle: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 35 35 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fingersi, finta, finzione, infingere

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "finger",
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        "(transitive) to pretend; to feign; to dissemble"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "dare a vedere"
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        "(transitive) to pretend; to feign; to dissemble"
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          "word": "fare finta"
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          "word": "fare credere"
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        {
          "word": "dare a vedere"
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          "word": "dare a intendere"
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        "(transitive, literary) to shape or model"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfin.d͡ʒe.re/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-indʒere"
    }
  ],
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}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.