masticare

See also: masticaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I grind the teeth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mas.tiˈka.re/, [mäs̪t̪i.käːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sti‧cà‧re

Verb

masticare

  1. (transitive) to chew
  2. (transitive) to crunch
  3. (transitive, figuratively, of languages) to smatter

Conjugation
    Conjugation of masticare
infinitive masticare
auxiliary verb avere gerund masticando
present participle masticante past participle masticato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mastico mastichi mastica mastichiamo masticate masticano
imperfect masticavo masticavi masticava masticavamo masticavate masticavano
past historic masticai masticasti masticò masticammo masticaste masticarono
future masticherò masticherai masticherà masticheremo masticherete masticheranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present masticherei masticheresti masticherebbe masticheremmo mastichereste masticherebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mastichi mastichi mastichi mastichiamo mastichiate mastichino
imperfect masticassi masticassi masticasse masticassimo masticaste masticassero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mastica, non masticare mastichi mastichiamo masticate mastichino

Derived terms

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Latin

Verb

masticāre

  1. present active infinitive of masticō
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative of masticō
  3. second-person singular present passive indicative of masticō

Spanish

Verb

masticare

  1. First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of masticar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of masticar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) future subjunctive form of masticar.
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