Meaning
to devour, to eat up, to consume
In a sentence
Ho divorato una pizza dopo la partita.
I devoured a pizza after the game.
Perché divori sempre i biscotti così in fretta?
Why do you always devour cookies so quickly?
Non divorare tutto, lascia qualcosa anche a me.
Don't eat everything up, leave some for me too.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| divorare | infinitive |
| divoriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| divoro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| divorate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| divori | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| divorano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| divora | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| divoravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| divoravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| divoravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| divoravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| divoravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| divorava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| divorammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| divorai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| divoraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| divorasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| divorarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| divorò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| divoreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| divorerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| divorerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| divorerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| divoreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| divorerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| divoriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| divori | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| divoriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| divori | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| divorino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| divori | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| divorassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| divorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| divoraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| divorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| divorassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| divorasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| divoreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| divorerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| divorereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| divoreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| divorerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| divorerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| divoriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| divorate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| divora | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| divorando | gerund |
| divorato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Stronger and more vivid than mangiare; use it for eating very fast, greedily, or metaphorically with books, kilometers, time.
- Common metaphor: divorare un libro, un film, la strada. It often suggests intensity, speed, or total absorption.
- Takes avere in compound tenses: ho divorato una pizza, ha divorato il romanzo.