Meaning
to burn
- to sear
- to scupper
In a sentence
Attento, il sugo può bruciare in un attimo.
Careful, the sauce can burn in a moment.
Ti brucia ancora la mano dopo il forno?
Does your hand still burn after the oven?
Attento a non bruciare il pane.
Be careful not to burn the bread.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bruciare | infinitive |
| bruciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| brucio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| bruciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bruci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bruciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| brucia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bruciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bruciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bruciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bruciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bruciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bruciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bruciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| bruciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| bruciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| bruciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| bruciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| bruciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| bruceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| brucerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| brucerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| brucerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| bruceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| brucerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| bruciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| bruci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| bruciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bruci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| brucino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bruci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bruciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bruciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bruciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bruciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bruciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bruciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bruceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| brucerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| brucereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bruceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| brucerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| brucerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bruciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| bruciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| brucia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| bruciando | gerund |
| bruciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use essere intransitively for catching fire: La casa è bruciata. Use avere transitively: Ho bruciato la cena.
- For food, bruciare often means overcook or scorch, not complete destruction: Hai bruciato il sugo.
- For skin from sun or heat, Italians often prefer scottarsi or ustionarsi over bruciarsi, depending on severity.