Meaning
to deface, disfigure
- To spoil the beauty, integrity, or appearance of something; to deface or vandalise.
- To disfigure someone's face or body.
In a sentence
I vandali hanno deturpato la facciata dell'antico palazzo con graffiti.
The vandals defaced the facade of the ancient building with graffiti.
La costruzione di quel complesso alberghiero ha deturpato l'intera costa.
The construction of that hotel complex spoiled the entire coastline.
Non dobbiamo permettere che nuovi impianti industriali deturpino questa valle protetta.
We must not allow new industrial plants to disfigure this protected valley.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| deturpare | infinitive |
| deturpo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| deturpi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deturpa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deturpiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| deturpate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deturpano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| deturpavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| deturpavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| deturpava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| deturpavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| deturpavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| deturpavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| deturpai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| deturpasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| deturpò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| deturpammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| deturpaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| deturparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| deturperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| deturperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| deturperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| deturperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| deturperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| deturperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| deturpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| deturpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deturpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deturpiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| deturpiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deturpino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| deturpassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| deturpassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| deturpasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| deturpassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| deturpaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| deturpassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| deturperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| deturperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deturperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deturperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| deturpereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deturperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| deturpa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| deturpiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| deturpate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| deturpando | gerund |
| deturpato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Commonly applied to monuments, natural landscapes, works of art, or human faces.
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'.