Meaning
to comfort, to console
In a sentence
Cerco di confortare mia sorella dopo il litigio.
I try to comfort my sister after the argument.
Ti ha confortato parlare con il tuo amico?
Did talking with your friend comfort you?
Non riesco a confortarlo quando è così triste.
I can't comfort him when he's this sad.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| confortare | infinitive |
| confortiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| conforto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| confortate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conforti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confortano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conforta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confortavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confortavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confortavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confortavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confortavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confortava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confortammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| confortai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| confortaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| confortasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| confortarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| confortò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| conforteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| conforterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| conforterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| conforterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| conforteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| conforterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| confortiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| conforti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| confortiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conforti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confortino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conforti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confortassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confortassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confortaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confortassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confortassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confortasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| conforteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| conforterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| confortereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conforteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| conforterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conforterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confortiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| confortate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| conforta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| confortando | gerund |
| confortato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More literary and less common in everyday speech than consolare; in conversation, consolare is usually the safer choice.
- Often appears in formal or religious contexts: confortare qualcuno nel dolore, confortare gli animi.
- It is a regular -are verb and takes avere in compound tenses: ho confortato, not sono confortato.