Meaning
to muffle, cushion
- to dampen the sound, blow, or impact of something
- to alleviate or lessen emotional pain or shock
In a sentence
I doppi vetri aiutano ad attutire i rumori del traffico cittadino.
Double glazing helps muffle the city traffic noise.
L'airbag ha attutito l'impatto e ha salvato la vita al conducente.
The airbag cushioned the impact and saved the driver's life.
Nessuna parola di conforto poteva attutire la gravità di quella perdita.
No comforting words could lessen the gravity of that loss.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| attutire | infinitive |
| attutisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| attutisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| attutisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| attutiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| attutite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| attutiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| attutivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| attutivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| attutiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| attutivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| attutivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| attutivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| attutii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| attutisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| attutì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| attutimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| attutiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| attutirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| attutirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| attutirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| attutirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| attutiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| attutirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| attutiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| attutisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| attutisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| attutisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| attutiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| attutiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| attutiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| attutissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| attutissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| attutisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| attutissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| attutiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| attutissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| attutirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| attutiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| attutirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| attutiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| attutireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| attutirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| attutisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| attutiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| attutite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| attutendo | gerund |
| attutito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the '-isc-' infix in the singular and third-person plural present forms.
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary in compound tenses.