Meaning
thin out, clear
- to thin out or reduce the density of something
- to space out or make less frequent
- (reflexive: diradarsi) to disperse, lift, or clear up (e.g. fog, clouds, crowd)
In a sentence
Verso mezzogiorno la fitta nebbia ha iniziato a diradarsi.
Towards noon, the thick fog began to clear.
Il giardiniere deve diradare i rami per far entrare più luce.
The gardener needs to thin out the branches to let in more light.
Non credi sia il caso di diradare i tuoi impegni serali?
Don't you think it's time to space out your evening commitments?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| diradare | infinitive |
| dirado | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| diradi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dirada | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diradiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| diradate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diradano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diradavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diradavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diradava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diradavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diradavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diradavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diradai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| diradasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| diradò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| diradammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| diradaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| diradarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| diraderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| diraderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| diraderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| diraderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| diraderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| diraderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| diradi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| diradi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diradi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diradiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| diradiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diradino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diradassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diradassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diradasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diradassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diradaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diradassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diraderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| diraderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diraderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diraderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| diradereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diraderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dirada | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| diradiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| diradate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| diradando | gerund |
| diradato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Commonly used reflexively ('diradarsi') to talk about fog, clouds, or crowds dispersing.
- Takes 'avere' in transitive uses and 'essere' in the reflexive form 'diradarsi'.