tuffare

Meaning

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) to plunge
  2. (also, figuratively, transitive) to dip
  3. (broadly, transitive) to immerse in soft matter (e.g. flour, cream, a handkerchief)

Hyphenated as
tuf‧fà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tufˈfa.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic *taufan (“to dip, to immerse”), probably from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare German taufen (“to baptize”), Dutch dopen (“to dip, to baptize”).

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