fingere

From Latin fingere (“to form, shape”).

• IPA^(key): /fenɡeːrə/, [feŋˈɡ̊eːˀɐ]

fingere (imperative finger, infinitive at fingere, present tense fingerer, past tense fingerede, perfect tense har fingeret)

1. simulate

Inherited from Latin fingere (“to fashion, make up”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -indʒere
• Hyphenation: fìn‧ge‧re

fìngere (first-person singular present fìngo, first-person singular past historic fìnsi, past participle fìnto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to pretend; to feign; to dissemble

   Synonyms: fare finta, fare credere, dare a vedere, dare a intendere, simulare, dissimulare, ingannare, mentire

2. (transitive) (with [che + inf.] or [di + inf.]) to pretend, imagine, or suppose (that)

   Synonyms: supporre, imaginare

3. (transitive, literary) to shape or model

• fingersi
• finta
• finzione

• fingere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fingere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

fingēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of fingō

fingere

1. inflection of fingō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative