Meaning
to whip, lash
- to strike with a whip or lash
- to beat against forcefully (of wind, rain, or waves)
In a sentence
Il vento gelido continuava a frustare i rami spogli degli alberi.
The freezing wind kept whipping the bare branches of the trees.
La pioggia fitta frustava i vetri della finestra senza tregua.
The heavy rain lashed relentlessly against the window panes.
Nel romanzo storico, il prigioniero fu frustato crudelmente dalle guardie.
In the historical novel, the prisoner was cruelly whipped by the guards.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| frustare | infinitive |
| frusto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| frusti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frusta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frustiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| frustate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frustano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frustavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| frustavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| frustava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| frustavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| frustavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| frustavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| frustai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| frustasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| frustò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| frustammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| frustaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| frustarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| frusterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| frusterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| frusterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| frusteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| frusterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| frusteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| frusti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| frusti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frusti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frustiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| frustiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frustino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frustassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| frustassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| frustasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| frustassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| frustaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| frustassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| frusterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| frusteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frusterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frusteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| frustereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| frusterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frusta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| frustiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| frustate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| frustando | gerund |
| frustato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Frequently used in literary or descriptive contexts for harsh weather beating against surfaces.