Meaning
to melt, to cast, to merge
- to melt, liquefy (metals, solids)
- to cast, smelt
- to merge, blend, combine
In a sentence
L'intenso calore ha fuso la plastica del contenitore.
The intense heat melted the container's plastic.
Possiamo fondere questi due gruppi in uno?
Can we merge these two groups into one?
Non fondere il burro troppo in fretta.
Don't melt the butter too quickly.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fondere | infinitive |
| fondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fondete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fondono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fonde | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fondevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fondevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fondevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fondevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fondevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fondeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fondemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fusi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fondeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fondesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fusero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fuse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fonderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fonderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fonderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fonderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fonderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fonderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fondiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fondiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fondano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fondessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fondessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fondeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fondessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fondessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fondesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fonderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fonderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fondereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fonderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fonderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fonderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fondiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fondete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fondi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fondendo | gerund |
| fuso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use fondere for metals, materials, or abstract combining; sciogliere is more common for dissolving sugar, salt, or knots.
- As an intransitive change-of-state verb, it usually takes essere: il ghiaccio si è fuso. Transitive uses take avere: hanno fuso il ferro.
- Past participle is fuso, not fonduto. Learners often confuse it with the adjective fuso in colloquial speech.
- past participle fuso