Meaning
to feast, banquet
- To take part in a lavish meal or banquet.
- To eat sumptuously and celebrate with food and drink.
In a sentence
Gli ospiti hanno banchettato fino a notte fonda.
The guests feasted until late at night.
Nel castello si banchettava ogni fine settimana con piatti sontuosi.
In the castle they used to feast every weekend on sumptuous dishes.
Non possiamo permetterci di banchettare ogni sera al ristorante.
We cannot afford to feast at restaurants every evening.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| banchettare | infinitive |
| banchetto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| banchetti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| banchetta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| banchettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| banchettate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| banchettano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| banchettavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| banchettavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| banchettava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| banchettavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| banchettavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| banchettavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| banchettai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| banchettasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| banchettò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| banchettammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| banchettaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| banchettarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| banchetterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| banchetterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| banchetterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| banchetteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| banchetterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| banchetteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| banchetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| banchetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| banchetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| banchettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| banchettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| banchettino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| banchettassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| banchettassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| banchettasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| banchettassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| banchettaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| banchettassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| banchetterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| banchetteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| banchetterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| banchetteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| banchettereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| banchetterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| banchetta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| banchettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| banchettate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| banchettando | gerund |
| banchettato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Can be followed by 'a base di' or 'con' to indicate what is eaten.