impingere

impingere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin impingere.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /imˈpin.d͡ʒe.re/
    • Rhymes: -indʒere
    • Hyphenation: im‧pìn‧ge‧re

    Verb

    impìngere (first-person singular present impìngo, first-person singular past historic impìnsi, past participle impìnto, auxiliary avére) (archaic)

    1. (transitive) to push
      Synonyms: sospingere, spingere
    2. (transitive, figurative) to impel, to drive
      Synonyms: sospingere, spingere

    Conjugation

    Further reading

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

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Verb

    impingēre

    1. second-person singular future passive indicative of impingō

    Verb

    impingere

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