infilare

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Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ filo (“string”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fiˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧fi‧là‧re

Verb

infilàre (first-person singular present infìlo, first-person singular past historic infilài, past participle infilàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to insert, to tuck in
    Synonyms: introdurre, inserire, immettere, ficcare, infilzare
    infilare le chiavi nella toppa
    to open the lock with the keys
    (literally, “insert the keys in the lock”)
  2. to puncture
  3. to thread (a needle, etc.)
  4. to do one after another in rapid succession
    infilare una fesseria dopo l'altra
    to trot out one nonsensical statement after another
  5. to put on (an item of clothing)
    Synonyms: indossare, calzare, mettersi
  6. to take (a route, etc.)
    Synonyms: entrare, prendere, imboccare
    infilare la porta ― to take the door
  7. to guess
    Synonyms: indovinare, centrare, azzeccare, imbroccare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of infilàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive infilàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund infilàndo
present participle infilànte past participle infilàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present infìlo infìli infìla infiliàmo infilàte infìlano
imperfect infilàvo infilàvi infilàva infilavàmo infilavàte infilàvano
past historic infilài infilàsti infilò infilàmmo infilàste infilàrono
future infilerò infilerài infilerà infilerémo infileréte infilerànno
conditional infilerèi infilerésti infilerèbbe, infilerébbe infilerémmo infileréste infilerèbbero, infilerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present infìli infìli infìli infiliàmo infiliàte infìlino
imperfect infilàssi infilàssi infilàsse infilàssimo infilàste infilàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
infìla infìli infiliàmo infilàte infìlino
negative imperative non infilàre non infìli non infiliàmo non infilàte non infìlino

Derived terms

Further reading

  • infilare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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