Meaning
to combine
- to arrange, to organize (a trip, a marriage, etc.)
- to get up to, to do (usually mischief); to mess up
- to match, to harmonize
In a sentence
Hai già combinato il viaggio per agosto?
Have you already arranged the trip for August?
Questi pantaloni non combinano con quella maglia.
These pants don't match that shirt.
Ieri abbiamo combinato un buon affare al mercato.
Yesterday we clinched a good deal at the market.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| combinare | infinitive |
| combiniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| combino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| combinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| combini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| combinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| combina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| combinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| combinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| combinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| combinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| combinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| combinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| combinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| combinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| combinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| combinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| combinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| combinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| combineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| combinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| combinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| combinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| combineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| combinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| combiniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| combini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| combiniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| combini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| combinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| combini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| combinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| combinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| combinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| combinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| combinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| combinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| combineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| combinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| combinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| combineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| combinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| combinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| combiniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| combinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| combina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| combinando | gerund |
| combinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For colors or clothes, combinare is less common than abbinare. Italians more often say Questa camicia si abbina bene ai pantaloni.
- In speech, combinare often means to get up to something, usually trouble: Che hai combinato? = What have you done now?
- With direct object, it usually takes avere in compound tenses: Ho combinato un pasticcio. Reflexive combinarsi is much less common.