Meaning
eye up, spot
- to catch sight of or notice with interest or desire
- to keep an eye on someone or something covetously
In a sentence
Ho adocchiato una bella giacca in vetrina durante la passeggiata.
I spotted a nice jacket in the shop window during my walk.
Hai già adocchiato cosa vorresti ordinare dal menu?
Have you already eyed up what you'd like to order from the menu?
Il gatto non perdeva d'occhio la lucertola appena adocchiata nel giardino.
The cat didn't take its eyes off the lizard it had just spotted in the garden.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| adocchiare | infinitive |
| adocchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| adocchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| adocchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| adocchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| adocchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| adocchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| adocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| adocchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| adocchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adocchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adocchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| adocchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| adocchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| adocchiando | gerund |
| adocchiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal and expressive; derived from 'occhio' (eye). Takes 'avere' as auxiliary.