Meaning
to sprinkle, cover
- To scatter or spread a substance over a surface; to sprinkle.
- To cover or coat an area with something.
In a sentence
Prima di infornare, cospargi la torta con abbondante zucchero a velo.
Before baking, sprinkle the cake with plenty of powdered sugar.
Il cuoco non ha cosparso la carne di sale prima della cottura.
The cook didn't coat the meat with salt before cooking.
Perché cospargi il vialetto di ghiaia se piove ancora così tanto?
Why are you scattering gravel on the driveway if it is still raining so hard?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cospargere | infinitive |
| cospargo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cospargi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cosparge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cospargete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cospargevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cospargevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cospargeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cospargevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cosparsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cospargesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cosparse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cospargeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cosparsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cospargerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cospargerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cospargerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cospargerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cosparga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cosparga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cosparga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cospargiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cospargessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cospargessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cospargesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cospargeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cospargerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cospargeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cospargerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cospargeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cospargereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cospargi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cospargiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cospargete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cospargendo | gerund |
| cosparso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually constructed as 'cospargere qualcosa di/con qualcosa' (to sprinkle sth with sth).
- Irregular past participle: 'cosparso'. Past historic stem: 'cospars-'.
- past participle cosparso