Meaning
furnish, decorate
- to furnish a room or house
- to decorate an interior with furniture and objects
In a sentence
Voglio arredare il soggiorno con mobili chiari.
I want to furnish the living room with light-coloured furniture.
Come vuoi arredare la tua camera?
How do you want to furnish your room?
Non abbiamo ancora arredato la casa nuova.
We still haven’t furnished the new house.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| arredare | infinitive |
| arredo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| arredi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| arreda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| arrediamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| arredate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| arredano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| arredavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| arredavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| arredava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| arredavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| arredavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| arredavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| arredai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| arredasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| arredò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| arredammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| arredaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| arredarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| arrederò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| arrederai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| arrederà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| arrederemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| arrederete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| arrederanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| arredi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| arredi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| arredi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| arrediamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| arrediate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| arredino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| arredassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| arredassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| arredasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| arredassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| arredaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| arredassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| arrederei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| arrederesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| arrederebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| arrederemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| arredereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| arrederebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| arreda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| arrediamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| arredate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| arredando | gerund |
| arredato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes a direct object: arredare la casa, la stanza.
- Arredare focuses on furnishing; decorare is more general decoration.
- Regular -are verb with avere in compound tenses.