Meaning
to fascinate
- to strongly attract, charm, or hold the attention of someone
In a sentence
Quella città antica continua ad affascinare milioni di turisti.
That ancient city continues to fascinate millions of tourists.
Il suo modo di raccontare storie affascinava sempre tutti noi.
His way of telling stories always fascinated all of us.
Non pensavo che questo argomento potesse affascinarti così tanto.
I didn't think this topic could fascinate you so much.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affascinare | infinitive |
| affascino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affascini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affascina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affasciniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affascinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affascinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affascinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affascinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affascinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affascinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affascinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affascinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affascinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affascinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affascinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affascinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affascinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affascinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affascineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affascinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affascineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affascini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affascini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affascini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affasciniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affascinate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affascinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affascinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affascinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affascinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affascinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affascinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affascineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affascinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affascineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affascinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affascina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affasciniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affascinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affascinando | gerund |
| affascinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Transitive verb taking a direct object ('mi affascina', not 'mi affascina a').
- Often seen in the passive or with 'rimanere affascinato da'.