Meaning
to mess up, tan
- to leave in a bad state or reduce to a mess (often reflexive or past participle)
- to tan hides or leather
In a sentence
Guarda come ti sei conciato con tutto quel fango addosso!
Look at the mess you've made of yourself with all that mud!
La pioggia battente ha conciato male la mia giacca nuova.
The pouring rain ruined my new jacket.
Quella vecchia bottega conciava pelli pregiate per calzolai locali.
That old workshop used to tan fine leather for local shoemakers.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| conciare | infinitive |
| concio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| conci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| conciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| conciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| conciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| conciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| conciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| conciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| conciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| conciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| conciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| conciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| conciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| conciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| conciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| concerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| concerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| concerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| conceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| concerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| conceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| conci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| conci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| conci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| conciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| conciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| conciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| conciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| conciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| conciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| conciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| conceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| conceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| concereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| conciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| conciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| conciando | gerund |
| conciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal in everyday speech, especially in phrases like 'conciato male' (in bad shape, messed up).
- The technical sense 'to tan hides' is standard and formal.