Meaning
freeze
- to become ice or very cold
- to make something freeze
- to feel extremely cold
In a sentence
Di notte l'acqua gela.
At night the water freezes.
Ti gelano le mani fuori?
Do your hands freeze outside?
Con questo sole, il lago non gela.
With this sun, the lake doesn't freeze.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gelare | infinitive |
| gelo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| geli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gela | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| geliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| gelate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gelano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gelavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gelavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gelava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gelavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gelavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gelavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gelai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| gelasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| gelò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| gelammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| gelaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| gelarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| gelerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| gelerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| gelerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| geleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| gelerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| geleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| geli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| geli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| geli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| geliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| geliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gelino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gelassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gelassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gelasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gelassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gelaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gelassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gelerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| geleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gelerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| geleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| gelereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gelerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gela | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| geliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| gelate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| gelando | gerund |
| gelato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Can be intransitive or transitive: l'acqua gela; il freddo ha gelato le piante.
- In speech, mi gela often means it makes me feel very cold.
- Regular -are verb; auxiliary usually avere in transitive use, essere in intransitive use.