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tingersi

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Italian

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Verb

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tìngersi (first-person singular present mi tìngo, first-person singular past historic mi tìnsi, past participle tìnto)

  1. reflexive of tingere
  2. (transitive) to dye
    tingersi i baffito dye one's mustache
  3. (transitive) to add color to; to color
    tingersi le labbra col rossettoto color one's lips with lipstick
  4. (transitive) (with di) to blot or stain (with) (a color)
    Synonyms: macchiarsi, insudiciarsi, sporcarsi
    tingersi le mani di bluto blot one's hands blue
  5. (intransitive) to take on a certain coloration (of); to turn [with di ‘a color’]
    le foglie cominciano a tingersi di giallo
    the leaves are beginning to turn yellow
  6. (intransitive) to be tinged [with di ‘with an emotion’]
    quel ricordo si tingeva di tristezza
    that memory was tinged with sadness
  7. (intransitive) (also with di) to dye one's hair (a particular color)
    mi sono tinto di rosso
    I dyed my hair red
  8. (intransitive) to put on makeup; to make oneself up
    Synonyms: truccarsi, dipingersi
    lei si tinge tropposhe puts on too much makeup

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