Meaning
to filter; leak
- to pass through a filter or make something pass through one
- to let only some elements pass
- to leak out gradually, of information or light
In a sentence
Questo apparecchio filtra l'aria molto bene.
This device filters the air very well.
Da dove filtra questa luce?
Where is this light filtering through from?
La notizia non è filtrata sui social.
The news did not leak onto social media.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| filtrare | infinitive |
| filtro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| filtri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| filtra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| filtriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| filtrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| filtrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| filtravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| filtravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| filtrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| filtravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| filtravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| filtravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| filtrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| filtrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| filtrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| filtrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| filtraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| filtrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| filtrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| filtrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| filtrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| filtreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| filtrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| filtreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| filtri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| filtri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| filtri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| filtriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| filtriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| filtrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| filtrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| filtrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| filtrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| filtrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| filtraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| filtrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| filtrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| filtreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| filtrerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| filtreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| filtrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| filtrerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| filtra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| filtriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| filtrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| filtrando | gerund |
| filtrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Can be transitive or intransitive: filtrare l'acqua; la luce filtra.
- In media contexts, means leak out: la notizia è filtrata.
- Common with acqua, aria, luce, informazioni.