tangere

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tangere, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -andʒere
• Hyphenation: tàn‧ge‧re

Verb

tàngere (third-person only, third-person singular present tànge, no past historic, no past participle) (transitive)

1. to touch
2. to touch emotionally, to elicit an emotional response in

Conjugation

• This verb is missing its past historic and past participle. In addition, in modern usage this verb is used only in the third person. The participles, tatto and tangente, have survived with other meanings.

    Conjugation of tàngere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	tàngere
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		tangèndo
present participle		tangènte	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tàngo1	tàngi1	tànge	tangiàmo1	tangéte1	tàngono
imperfect	tangévo1	tangévi1	tangéva	tangevàmo1	tangevàte1	tangévano
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	tangerò1	tangerài1	tangerà	tangerémo1	tangeréte1	tangerànno
conditional	tangerèi1	tangerésti1	tangerèbbe, tangerébbe	tangerémmo1	tangeréste1	tangerèbbero, tangerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tànga1	tànga1	tànga	tangiàmo1	tangiàte1	tàngano
imperfect	tangéssi1	tangéssi1	tangésse	tangéssimo1	tangéste1	tangéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tàngi1	tànga	tangiàmo1	tangéte1	tàngano
negative imperative		non tàngere1	non tànga	non tangiàmo1	non tangéte1	non tàngano

¹Disused.

See also

• toccare

Anagrams

• argente, regnate

Latin

Verb

tangēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of tangō

Verb

tangere

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