Meaning
to lighten, ease
- To make lighter in weight or burden.
- To alleviate, relieve, or reduce stress, work, or tension.
In a sentence
Dobbiamo alleggerire lo zaino prima di partire per il sentiero.
We need to lighten the backpack before heading out on the trail.
Una battuta simpatica è servita ad alleggerire la tensione.
A friendly joke helped ease the tension.
Hanno assunto un assistente per alleggerire il suo carico di lavoro.
They hired an assistant to ease his workload.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| alleggerire | infinitive |
| alleggerisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| alleggerisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggerisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggeriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| alleggerite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggeriscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| alleggerivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggeriva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggerivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| alleggerivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggerivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| alleggeristi | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggerì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggerimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| alleggeriste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggerirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| alleggerirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggerirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggeriremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| alleggerirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggeriranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| alleggerisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggerisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggeriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| alleggeriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggeriscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| alleggerissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggerisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggerissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| alleggeriste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggerissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| alleggeriresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggerirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| alleggeriremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| alleggerireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggerirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| alleggerisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| alleggeriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| alleggerite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| alleggerendo | gerund |
| alleggerito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Third conjugation verb (-ire) that inserts '-isc-' in the present tense (alleggerisco, alleggerisci).
- Takes 'avere' in transitive uses and 'essere' when reflexive ('alleggerirsi').