Meaning
to bandage; to wrap
- to bandage or bind up (a wound or injured limb)
- to wrap, swaddle, or encase (an object or infant)
In a sentence
L'infermiere ha dovuto fasciare la caviglia gonfia del paziente.
The nurse had to bandage the patient's swollen ankle.
Perché non hai fatto fasciare subito quella ferita profonda?
Why didn't you have that deep wound bandaged right away?
Non fasciarti la testa prima di essertela rotta!
Don't cross your bridges before you come to them!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fasciare | infinitive |
| fascio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fasci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fascia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fasciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fasciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fasciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fasciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fasciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fasciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fasciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fasciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fasciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fasciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fasciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fasciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fasciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fasciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fasciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fascerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fascerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fascerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fasceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fascerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fasceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fasciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fasciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fascino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fasciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fasciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fasciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fasciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fasciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fasciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fascerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fasceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fascerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fasceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fascereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fascerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fascia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fasciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fasciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fasciando | gerund |
| fasciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- When wrapping one's own body part, Italian regularly uses the reflexive form: 'fasciarsi il polso'.