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Italian

Etymology

tonfo (“thud”, noun) +‎ -are (1^st-conjugation verbal suffix)

Verb

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

(intransitive, uncommon) to fall heavily producing a dull sound
1. to thud, to make a thud [auxiliary essere]
  - 1852, Paolo Emiliani Giudici, chapter XVII, in Beppe Arpia‎^[1], Florence: Luigi Ducci e comp., page 452:
    Beppe salta giù, e tonfa come un masso: pareva fosse diventato sordo-muto, non poteva profferire parola.
    Beppe jumps down, and thuds like a rock: he seemed to have become deaf-mute; he couldn't utter one word.
2. to plop, to splash [auxiliary essere]
(transitive, Tuscany) to hit, to beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonfàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	tonfàre
auxiliary verb		èssere¹, avére²	gerund		tonfàndo
present participle		tonfànte	past participle		tonfàto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tónfo	tónfi	tónfa	tonfiàmo	tonfàte	tónfano
imperfect	tonfàvo	tonfàvi	tonfàva	tonfavàmo	tonfavàte	tonfàvano
past historic	tonfài	tonfàsti	tonfò	tonfàmmo	tonfàste	tonfàrono
future	tonferò	tonferài	tonferà	tonferémo	tonferéte	tonferànno
conditional	tonferèi	tonferésti	tonferèbbe, tonferébbe	tonferémmo	tonferéste	tonferèbbero, tonferébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tónfi	tónfi	tónfi	tonfiàmo	tonfiàte	tónfino
imperfect	tonfàssi	tonfàssi	tonfàsse	tonfàssimo	tonfàste	tonfàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		tónfa	tónfi	tonfiàmo	tonfàte	tónfino
negative imperative		non tonfàre	non tónfi	non tonfiàmo	non tonfàte	non tónfino

¹Intransitive.
²Transitive.

Anagrams

forante, frenato, ronfate, tanferò, tonferà

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 ===Etymology===
-From {{af|it|tonfo|-are}}.
+{{af|it|tonfo|t1=thud|pos1=n|-are|pos2=1<sup>st</sup>-conjugation verbal suffix}}
 ===Verb===
 {{it-verb|e[intransitive]:a[transitive]/ó}}
-# {{lb|it|intransitive|uncommon}} to (make a) [[thud]] {{+aux|it|essere}}
+# {{lb|it|intransitive|uncommon}} to [[fall]] [[heavily]] producing a [[dull]] [[sound]]
-# {{lb|it|intransitive|uncommon}} to (make a) [[splash]] {{+aux|it|essere}}
+## to [[thud]], to make a thud {{+aux|it|essere}}
+##* {{quote-book
-# {{lb|it|transitive|Tuscany}} to [[hit]], to [[knock]], to [[club]]
+|it
+|year=1852
+|author=w:Paolo Emiliani Giudici
+|title=Beppe Arpia
+|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=MnlJAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=it&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false
+|location=Florence
+|publisher=Luigi Ducci e comp.
+|page=452
+|pageurl=https://books.google.it/books?id=MnlJAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=it&pg=PA452#v=onepage&q&f=false
+|chapter=XVII
+|chapterurl=https://books.google.it/books?id=MnlJAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=it&pg=PA433#v=onepage&q&f=false
+|text=Beppe salta giù, e '''tonfa''' come un masso: pareva fosse diventato sordo-muto, non poteva profferire parola.
+|t=Beppe jumps down, and '''thuds''' like a rock: he seemed to have become deaf-mute; he couldn't utter one word.
+}}
+## to [[plop]], to [[splash]] {{+aux|it|essere}}
+# {{lb|it|transitive|Tuscany}} to [[hit]], to [[beat]]
 ====Conjugation====
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 ===Further reading===
+* {{R:it:GDLI|21|21}}
 * {{R:it:Treccani}}