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tingono

Tingono is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb tingere, meaning to dye or tint. It is used to describe the act of applying color to materials such as fabrics, hair, or wood and requires a direct object to indicate what is being colored. The verb tingere derives from Latin tingere and is cognate with the English tint; it belongs to the regular -ere conjugation class in Italian.

In the present indicative, the standard paradigm is: io tingo, tu tingi, lui/lei tinge, noi tingiamo, voi

Examples: They dye the fabrics — Essi tingono i tessuti. The wood is stained red — Il legno

See also: tint, dye, tincture, tingere.

tingete,
essi
tingono.
The
past
participle
is
tinto,
used
with
auxiliary
avere
to
form
compound
tenses
(ho
tinto
i
tessuti).
Tingere
also
yields
related
adjectives
and
nouns,
such
as
tinto
(dyed)
and
tinta
(dye
or
shade).
è
tinto
di
rosso.
We
discuss
coloring
options:
We
tint
the
hair
with
a
natural
dye.