Italian

Verb

impingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of impingere

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ pangō ‎(“fasten, drive in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /imˈpin.ɡoː/

Verb

impingō ‎(present infinitive impingere, perfect active impēgī, supine impāctum); third conjugation

1. I push, strike, dash against
2. (rare) I press upon, force upon
3. I force, drive, thrust

Inflection

Derived terms

• impāctus

Related terms

• pangō

Descendants

References

• impingo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impingo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impingo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to strike one's head against the wall: caput parieti impingere