Meaning
to whine, to whimper
- to cry softly or whine persistently, especially of children
- to complain or grumble repeatedly in an annoying way
In a sentence
Smettila di frignare per ogni minima sciocchezza!
Stop whining over every little thing!
Il bambino ha frignato per tutto il viaggio in treno.
The child whined throughout the whole train journey.
Non frignare se adesso le cose non vanno come volevi.
Don't whine if things aren't going your way now.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| frignare | infinitive |
| frigno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| frigni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frigna | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frigniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| frignate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frignano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frignavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| frignavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| frignava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| frignavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| frignavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| frignavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| frignai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| frignasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| frignò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| frignammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| frignaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| frignarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| frignerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| frignerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| frignerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| frigneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| frignerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| frigneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| frigni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| frigni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frigni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frigniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| frigniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frignino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frignassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| frignassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| frignasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| frignassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| frignaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| frignassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| frignerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| frigneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frignerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frigneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| frignereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frignerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frigna | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| frigniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| frignate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| frignando | gerund |
| frignato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: used mainly in casual speech when someone's whining is irritating.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Similar to 'piagnucolare', but slightly more colloquial and dismissive.