Meaning
to bandage; blindfold
- to dress or wrap an injury with a bandage
- to cover someone's eyes with a cloth or blindfold
In a sentence
L'infermiere ha dovuto bendare la caviglia gonfia del paziente.
The nurse had to bandage the patient's swollen ankle.
Prima di iniziare il gioco, gli hanno bendato gli occhi.
Before starting the game, they blindfolded his eyes.
Non possiamo bendare la ferita prima di averla disinfettata con cura.
We cannot bandage the wound before disinfecting it carefully.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bendare | infinitive |
| bendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| bendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| benda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| bendate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bendano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bendavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bendavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bendava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bendavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bendavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bendavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bendai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| bendasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| bendò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| bendammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| bendaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| bendarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| benderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| benderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| benderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| benderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| benderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| benderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| bendi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| bendi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bendi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| bendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bendino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bendassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bendassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bendasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bendassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bendaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bendassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| benderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| benderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| benderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| benderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| bendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| benderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| benda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| bendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| bendate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| bendando | gerund |
| bendato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- When referring to eyes, 'bendare gli occhi' means 'to blindfold'.
- The reflexive 'bendarsi' means to bandage oneself or blindfold oneself.