Meaning
to rust
- to become rusty or cover in rust (intransitive or pronominal)
- to cause to rust (transitive)
- figuratively, to become out of practice or rusty
In a sentence
Se lasci la bicicletta sotto la pioggia, la catena arrugginisce.
If you leave the bicycle in the rain, the chain rusts.
Il mio inglese si è un po' arrugginito per mancanza di pratica.
My English has gotten a bit rusty from lack of practice.
I vecchi cancelli si sono arrugginiti con il passare degli anni.
The old gates rusted over the years.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| arrugginire | infinitive |
| arrugginisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| arrugginiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| arrugginiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| arrugginisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| arrugginiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| arrugginite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| arrugginendo | gerund |
| arrugginito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the -isc- infix in the present tense (arrugginisco, arrugginisce).
- Intransitive takes 'essere' (il ferro è arrugginito); frequently used reflexively/pronominally as 'arrugginirsi'.
- The past participle 'arrugginito' is widely used as an adjective for metal or rusty skills.