Meaning
browse, poke around, snoop
- to look around out of curiosity; to browse (in shops or online)
- to pry or snoop into someone else's affairs
In a sentence
Mi piace curiosare nei mercatini dell'usato la domenica.
I like browsing flea markets on Sundays.
Non volevo comprare niente, stavo solo curiosando.
I didn't want to buy anything; I was just browsing.
Smettila di curiosare tra i miei messaggi privati!
Stop snooping through my private messages!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| curiosare | infinitive |
| curioso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| curiosi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| curiosa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| curiosiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| curiosate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| curiosano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| curiosavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| curiosavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| curiosava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| curiosavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| curiosavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| curiosavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| curiosai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| curiosasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| curiosò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| curiosammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| curiosaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| curiosarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| curioserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| curioserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| curioserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| curioseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| curioserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| curioseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| curiosi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| curiosi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| curiosi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| curiosiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| curiosiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| curiosino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| curiosassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| curiosassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| curiosasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| curiosassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| curiosaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| curiosassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| curioserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| curioseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| curioserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| curioseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| curiosereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| curioserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| curiosa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| curiosiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| curiosate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| curiosando | gerund |
| curiosato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often takes the preposition 'tra' or 'in' (e.g. 'curiosare tra i libri').
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'.