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insinuo

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See also: insinuó, insinúo, and insinuò

Catalan

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insinuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuar

Italian

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Verb

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insinuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ sinuō (I bend, curve).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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īnsinuō (present infinitive īnsinuāre, perfect active īnsinuāvī, supine īnsinuātum); first conjugation

  1. to put, place, or thrust into the bosom
  2. to bring in by windings and turnings
  3. to make one's way to; to get to
  4. to penetrate, enter, steal into
  5. to land
  6. to insinuate, ingratiate oneself
  7. to introduce, recommend, make favorably known
  8. to initiate, introduce into
  9. (post-Classical) to publish, make known

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: insinuar
  • English: insinuate
  • French: insinuer
  • Italian: insinuare
  • Spanish: insinuar

References

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  • insinuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insinuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insinuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to insinuate oneself into a person's society: se insinuare in consuetudinem alicuius (Fam. 4. 13. 6)

Portuguese

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Verb

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insinuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuar