Meaning
to rummage, to search
- to search, fumble
- to search or rummage around (in); to poke around
In a sentence
Sto frugando nella borsa per le chiavi.
I'm rummaging in my bag for the keys.
Hai frugato nei cassetti della cucina?
Did you search through the kitchen drawers?
Non frugare nel mio zaino, per favore.
Don't rummage through my backpack, please.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| frugare | infinitive |
| frughiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| frugo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| frugate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frughi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frugano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fruga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frugavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| frugavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| frugavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| frugavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| frugavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| frugava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| frugammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| frugai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| frugaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| frugasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| frugarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| frugò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| frugheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| frugherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| frugherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| frugherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| frugheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| frugherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| frughiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| frughi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| frughiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frughi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frughino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frughi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frugassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| frugassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| frugaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| frugassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| frugassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| frugasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| frugheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| frugherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| frughereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frugheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frugherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frugherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frughiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| frugate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fruga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| frugando | gerund |
| frugato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use frugare for rummaging through drawers, bags, or pockets; cercare is broader and less physical.
- Often followed by in: frugare in borsa, nei cassetti. Don't use a direct object for the container.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho frugato nei cassetti.