Meaning
to char, burn up
- To reduce organic material to carbon through intense heat; to burn to a crisp.
- Reflexively (carbonizzarsi): to become charred or blackened by fire.
In a sentence
Il fuoco ha carbonizzato l'intero edificio durante la notte.
The fire charred the entire building overnight.
Se dimentichi l'arrosto nel forno, rischia di carbonizzarsi del tutto.
If you forget the roast in the oven, it risks burning to a crisp completely.
I periti hanno esaminato i resti carbonizzati del veicolo incidentato.
The experts examined the charred remains of the crashed vehicle.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| carbonizzare | infinitive |
| carbonizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| carbonizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| carbonizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| carbonizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| carbonizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| carbonizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| carbonizzando | gerund |
| carbonizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' transitively; 'essere' when used intransitively pronominal ('carbonizzarsi').
- Often encountered as the past participle 'carbonizzato' (charred, burnt to a crisp).