tuffare

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Lombardic *taufan (“to dip, to immerse”), probably from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare German taufen (“to baptize”), Dutch dopen (“to dip, to baptize”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tufˈfa.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: tuf‧fà‧re === Verb === tuffàre (first-person singular present tùffo, first-person singular past historic tuffài, past participle tuffàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) (also figurative) to plunge (also figurative) to dip (by extension) to immerse in soft matter (e.g. flour, cream, a handkerchief) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tuffamento tuffarsi tuffatore tuffatura tuffo === Anagrams === tufferà == Swedish == === Adjective === tuffare comparative degree of tuff