Meaning
to drain
- To drain fluids from a wound, body cavity, or tissue.
- To drain water from soil or land; figuratively, to divert or siphon off resources.
In a sentence
Il medico ha dovuto drenare il liquido accumulato nel ginocchio.
The doctor had to drain the fluid accumulated in the knee.
Hanno installato un tubo per drenare la ferita dopo l'intervento.
They installed a tube to drain the wound after surgery.
Il sistema di canali serve a drenare l'acqua in eccesso dai campi.
The canal system serves to drain excess water from the fields.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| drenare | infinitive |
| dreno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dreni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| drena | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dreniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| drenate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| drenano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| drenavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| drenavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| drenava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| drenavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| drenavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| drenavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| drenai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| drenasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| drenò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| drenammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| drenaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| drenarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| drenerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| drenerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| drenerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dreneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| drenerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dreneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dreni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dreni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dreni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dreniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dreniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| drenino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| drenassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| drenassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| drenasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| drenassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| drenaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| drenassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| drenerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dreneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| drenerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dreneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| drenereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| drenerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| drena | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dreniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| drenate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| drenando | gerund |
| drenato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with avere.
- Common in both medical contexts and financial or environmental contexts.