Meaning
to mislead
- to lead astray, deceive, or lead to a wrong conclusion
- to deflect or distract from the correct path or topic
In a sentence
Quell'articolo ha cercato di fuorviare l'opinione pubblica.
That article tried to mislead public opinion.
Non lasciarti fuorviare dalle apparenze ingannevoli.
Don't let yourself be misled by deceptive appearances.
I falsi indizi hanno fuorviato gli investigatori.
The false clues misled the investigators.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fuorviare | infinitive |
| fuorvio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fuorvii | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorvia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorviano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorviavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fuorviavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorviava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorviavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorviavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorviai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fuorviasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorviò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorviammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorviarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorvierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fuorvierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorvierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorvieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fuorvierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorvieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorvii | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fuorvii | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorvii | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorviino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorviassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fuorviassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorviasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorviassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorviassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorvierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fuorvieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorvierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fuorvieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorvierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fuorvia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fuorviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fuorviate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fuorviando | gerund |
| fuorviato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere'.
- Often used in passive or past participle forms: 'essere fuorviato da...' (to be misled by...).
- present: fuorvio, fuorvii, fuorvia, fuorviamo, fuorviate, fuorviano