Meaning
to bend, to flex
- to bend or curve a body part or physical object
- to decline, drop, or show a downward trend (of prices, demand, etc.)
In a sentence
Prima del salto, fletti leggermente le ginocchia.
Before jumping, bend your knees slightly.
L'atleta non riesce a flettere il braccio dopo l'infortunio.
The athlete cannot bend his arm after the injury.
I prezzi delle case cominceranno a flettere nei prossimi mesi?
Will house prices begin to drop in the coming months?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| flettere | infinitive |
| fletto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fletti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| flette | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| flettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| flettete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| flettono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| flettevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| flettevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fletteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| flettevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| flettevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| flettevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| flessi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| flettesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| flesse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| flettemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fletteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| flessero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fletterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fletterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fletterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fletteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fletterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fletteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fletta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fletta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fletta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| flettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| flettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| flettano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| flettessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| flettessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| flettesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| flettessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fletteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| flettessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fletterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fletteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fletterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fletteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| flettereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fletterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fletti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| flettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| flettete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| flettendo | gerund |
| flesso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Has an irregular past participle: 'flesso'.
- Takes 'avere' transitively ('ha flesso i muscoli') and often 'essere' or 'avere' intransitively when meaning to decline.
- past participle flesso