tamponare

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam.poˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tam‧po‧nà‧re

Verb

tamponàre (first-person singular present tampóno, first-person singular past historic tamponài, past participle tamponàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (medicine) to plug (a wound) with a tampon, compress, etc.
    tamponare un'epistassito tampon one's nose (to stop a nose bleed)
  2. (by extension) to plug (a leak)
  3. (figurative) to provide a provisional or makeshift remedy for a critical situation; to apply a bandage to
    tamponare un debitoto provisionally remedy a debt[1]
  4. (soccer) to block the offensive play of the adversary
    tamponare gli attacchi avversarito block the adversary's attacks
  5. (automotive) to rear-end
  6. (chemistry) to buffer

Conjugation

References

  1. e.g. by only paying the minimum monthly premium or postponing payment

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From tampona + -re.

Noun

tamponare f (plural tamponări)

  1. car crash

Declension

Spanish

Verb

tamponare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tamponar
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