insinua

See also: insinuá, insinúa, and insinuà

Catalan

Verb

insinua

1. inflection of insinuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

insinua

1. third-person singular past historic of insinuer

Italian

Verb

insinua

1. inflection of insinuare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

īnsinuā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnsinuō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈnu.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈnu.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: in‧si‧nu‧a

Verb

insinua

1. inflection of insinuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

• insinui — obsolete
• însinua — obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *sinos

Proto-Italic *sinus

Latin sinus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sinuō

Latin īnsinuōlbor.

Old French insinuer

Middle French insinuer

French insinuerlbor.

Romanian insinua

Learned borrowing from French insinuer.

Verb

a insinua (third-person singular present insinuează, past participle insinuat, third-person subjunctive insinueze) 1st conjugation

1. to insinuate

Conjugation

    conjugation of insinua (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a insinua
gerund			insinuând
past participle			insinuat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	insinuez	insinuezi	insinuează	insinuăm	insinuați	insinuează
	imperfect	insinuam	insinuai	insinua	insinuam	insinuați	insinuau
	simple perfect	insinuai	insinuași	insinuă	insinuarăm	insinuarăți	insinuară
	pluperfect	insinuasem	insinuaseși	insinuase	insinuaserăm	insinuaserăți	insinuaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să insinuez	să insinuezi	să insinueze	să insinuăm	să insinuați	să insinueze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		insinuează			insinuați
	negative		nu insinua			nu insinuați

Derived terms

• insinuant
• insinuat
• insinuare
• insinuator
• insinuație

Further reading

• “insinua”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026