Meaning
to puncture, pierce
- to make a hole in or pierce something
- to get a flat tire (used intransitively or transitively)
In a sentence
Ho bucato la ruota della bicicletta sulla ghiaia.
I punctured the bicycle wheel on the gravel.
Fai attenzione a non bucare il palloncino con lo spillo.
Be careful not to pop the balloon with the pin.
Siamo arrivati in ritardo perché abbiamo bucato in autostrada.
We arrived late because we got a flat tire on the highway.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bucare | infinitive |
| buco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| buchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| buca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| buchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| bucate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bucano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bucavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bucavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bucava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bucavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bucavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bucavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bucai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| bucasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| bucò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| bucammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| bucaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| bucarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| bucherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| bucherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| bucherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| bucheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| bucherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| bucheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| buchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| buchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| buchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| buchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| buchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| buchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bucassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bucassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bucasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bucassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bucaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bucassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bucherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| bucheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bucherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bucheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| buchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bucherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| buca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| buchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| bucate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| bucando | gerund |
| bucato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Ho bucato often simply means 'I got a flat tire' without needing to specify una gomma.
- Takes 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (buche-, buchi-) to keep the hard /k/ sound.