contingere

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin contingere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈtin.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -indʒere
  • Hyphenation: con‧tìn‧ge‧re

Verb

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contìngere (first-person singular present contìngo, no past historic, no past participle) (archaic)

  1. (intransitive) to happen, to occur
    Synonyms: accadere, avvenire, succedere
  2. (transitive) to touch

Conjugation

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References

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

Latin

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Verb

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contingēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of contingō

Verb

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contingere

  1. inflection of contingō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative