macinare
Italian
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin māchināre (“mill, grind”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“device, mill”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. Compare Venetan masnar~maxenar, Friulian masanâ, Dalmatian macnur. Morphological doublet of macchinare, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmacinàre (first-person singular present màcino, first-person singular past historic macinài, past participle macinàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to grind or mill
- to mince (meat)
- (rare) to beat up
- Synonym: malmenare
- to carry out an activity at a sustained or rapid pace
- macinare chilometri
- to travel long stretches of road (lit. to carry out kilometers)
- macinare idiozie ― to trot out nonsense
- to ponder deeply
- macinare un'idea ― to ponder an idea
- to squander or waste
- macina tanti soldi dopo averne guadagnati
- he wastes a lot of the money he earns
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of macinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | macinàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | macinàndo | |||
present participle | macinànte | past participle | macinàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | màcino | màcini | màcina | maciniàmo | macinàte | màcinano |
imperfect | macinàvo | macinàvi | macinàva | macinavàmo | macinavàte | macinàvano |
past historic | macinài | macinàsti | macinò | macinàmmo | macinàste | macinàrono |
future | macinerò | macinerài | macinerà | macinerémo | macineréte | macinerànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | macinerèi | macinerésti | macinerèbbe, macinerébbe | macinerémmo | macineréste | macinerèbbero, macinerébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | màcini | màcini | màcini | maciniàmo | maciniàte | màcinino |
imperfect | macinàssi | macinàssi | macinàsse | macinàssimo | macinàste | macinàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
màcina | màcini | maciniàmo | macinàte | màcinino | ||
negative imperative | non macinàre | non màcini | non maciniàmo | non macinàte | non màcinino |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- macinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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