Meaning
disinfect
- clean something to remove germs
- treat a wound or surface with disinfectant
In a sentence
Devi disinfettare il tavolo dopo cena.
You need to disinfect the table after dinner.
Puoi disinfettare questa ferita?
Can you disinfect this wound?
Non dimenticare di disinfettare le mani.
Don't forget to disinfect your hands.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| disinfettare | infinitive |
| disinfetto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| disinfetti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfetta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfettano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfettavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| disinfettavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfettava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfettavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfettavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfettai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| disinfettasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfettò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfettammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfettarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfetterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| disinfetterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfetterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfetteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| disinfetterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfetteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| disinfetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfettino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfettassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| disinfettassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfettasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfettassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfettassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfetterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| disinfetteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfetterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disinfetteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfetterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disinfetta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| disinfettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| disinfettate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| disinfettando | gerund |
| disinfettato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes a direct object: disinfettare una ferita, una superficie.
- Often confused with sterilizzare; disinfettare does not always mean completely sterile.
- Regular -are verb with double tt.