tonfare

Italian

Etymology

From tonfo + -are.

Verb

tonfàre (first-person singular present tónfo, first-person singular past historic tonfài, past participle tonfàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to (make a) thud [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to (make a) splash [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, Tuscany) to hit, to knock, to club

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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