Meaning
digest; absorb
- to digest food in the body
- to accept or process something mentally with difficulty
- to tolerate something unpleasant
In a sentence
Dopo cena digerisco lentamente.
After dinner I digest slowly.
Hai digerito quel pranzo pesante?
Did you digest that heavy lunch?
Non ha ancora digerito la notizia.
He still hasn't got over the news.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| digerire | infinitive |
| digerisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| digerisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| digerisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| digeriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| digerite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| digeriscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| digerivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| digerivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| digeriva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| digerivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| digerivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| digerivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| digerii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| digeristi | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| digerì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| digerimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| digeriste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| digerirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| digerirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| digerirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| digerirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| digeriremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| digerirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| digeriranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| digerisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| digerisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| digerisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| digeriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| digeriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| digeriscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| digerissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| digerissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| digerisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| digerissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| digeriste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| digerissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| digerirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| digeriresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| digerirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| digeriremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| digerireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| digerirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| digerisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| digeriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| digerite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| digerendo | gerund |
| digerito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- With food, it usually means physical digestion: digerire bene/male.
- Also figurative: non digerire una sconfitta = not get over a defeat.
- Regular -ire verb; auxiliary avere.