Meaning
to boil
- to bubble and turn to vapour at boiling point
- to cook food in boiling liquid
In a sentence
L'acqua per la pasta non bolle ancora.
The water for the pasta isn't boiling yet.
Fai bollire le patate per venti minuti.
Boil the potatoes for twenty minutes.
L'olio comincia a bollire nella padella.
The oil is starting to boil in the frying pan.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bollire | infinitive |
| bollo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| bolli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bolle | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bolliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| bollite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bollono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bollivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bollivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bolliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bollivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bollivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bollivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bollii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| bollisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| bollì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| bollimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| bolliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| bollirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| bollirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| bollirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| bollirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| bolliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| bollirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| bolliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| bolla | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| bolla | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bolla | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bolliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| bolliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bollano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bollissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bollissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bollisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bollissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bolliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bollissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bollirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| bolliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bollirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bolliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| bollireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bollirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bolli | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| bolliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| bollite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| bollendo | gerund |
| bollito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses, though intransitive usages occasionally take 'essere'.
- Used idiomatically in 'bollire in pentola' (to be brewing, in the works).