Meaning
to border; to confine
- to share a border with (takes 'con')
- to restrict, isolate, or exile someone to a specific place
In a sentence
L'Italia confina a nord con la Svizzera e l'Austria.
Italy borders Switzerland and Austria to the north.
Con quale regione confina questo piccolo comune montano?
Which region does this small mountain municipality border?
Durante la malattia, l'hanno confinato nella sua stanza per evitare contagi.
During the illness, they confined him to his room to avoid contagion.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| confinare | infinitive |
| confino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| confini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confiniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| confinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| confinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| confinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| confinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| confinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| confinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| confinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| confinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| confinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| confineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| confinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| confineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| confini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| confini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confiniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| confiniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| confineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| confinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| confiniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| confinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| confinando | gerund |
| confinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- When meaning 'to border on', it is intransitive, takes avere, and is followed by 'con'.
- When meaning 'to confine/banish', it is transitive and takes avere.