Meaning
to excite, arouse
- to stimulate, stir up, flush
In a sentence
Questa musica mi eccita e mi fa ballare.
This music excites me and makes me dance.
Non ti eccitare per una cosa così piccola.
Don't get worked up over something so small.
Ti ha eccitato la notizia del nuovo lavoro?
Did the news about the new job excite you?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| eccitare | infinitive |
| eccitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| eccito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| eccitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ecciti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| eccitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| eccita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eccitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| eccitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| eccitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| eccitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| eccitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| eccitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| eccitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| eccitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| eccitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| eccitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| eccitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| eccitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ecciteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ecciterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ecciterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ecciterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ecciteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ecciterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| eccitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ecciti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| eccitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ecciti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| eccitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ecciti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eccitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| eccitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| eccitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| eccitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| eccitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| eccitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ecciteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ecciterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| eccitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ecciteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ecciterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ecciterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eccitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| eccitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| eccita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| eccitando | gerund |
| eccitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often reflexive: eccitarsi = get excited/aroused. Non-reflexive usually means causing excitement in someone else.
- In everyday speech, emozionare is safer for positive excitement; eccitare often suggests sexual arousal, especially about people.
- For agitation or social unrest, prefer agitare or fomentare; eccitare sounds stronger and more literary/formal in that sense.