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tuffare
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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”).
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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)
- tuffare il naso nel fazzoletto
- to put one's nose in the handkerchief
- (literally, “to immerse ...”)
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Adjective
tuffare
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