Meaning
to start (a fire)
- to set, to start (a fire)
- to start, to pick (a quarrel, a fight) (literary)
- to hang, to attach (archaic)
In a sentence
I piromani hanno appiccato il fuoco al bosco durante la notte.
The arsonists set fire to the woods during the night.
Chi ha appiccato il fuoco nel camino?
Who started the fire in the fireplace?
Non appiccare quel quadro troppo in alto.
Don't hang that picture too high.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| appiccare | infinitive |
| appicchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| appicco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| appiccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appicchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appicca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appiccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appiccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appiccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appiccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appiccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appiccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| appiccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| appiccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| appiccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| appiccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| appiccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| appiccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| appiccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| appiccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| appiccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| appicchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| appicchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| appicchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appicchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appicchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appicchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appiccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appiccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appiccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appiccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appiccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appiccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| appiccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| appicchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appiccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appiccherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appicchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| appiccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| appicca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| appiccando | gerund |
| appiccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For fires, Italians usually say appiccare un incendio / il fuoco, not *iniziare un fuoco*.
- Appiccare is more literary or formal for 'attach/hang'; in everyday speech, attaccare or appendere are usually more natural.
- With the fire meaning, it often appears in crime or news contexts: hanno appiccato l'incendio.