Meaning
to wander about
- to stroll or wander around aimlessly without a specific destination
- to hang around or loiter in a place
In a sentence
Ci piace gironzolare per il centro storico la domenica pomeriggio.
We like wandering around the historic centre on Sunday afternoons.
Non gironzolare per casa senza fare niente, aiutami a riordinare!
Don't hang around the house doing nothing, help me tidy up!
Abbiamo gironzolato tra le bancarelle del mercato per più di due ore.
We wandered among the market stalls for more than two hours.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gironzolare | infinitive |
| gironzolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| gironzoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gironzolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| gironzolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| gironzolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| gironzoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| gironzoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gironzolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| gironzoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gironzoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gironzola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| gironzoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| gironzolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| gironzolando | gerund |
| gironzolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: common in casual speech when describing relaxed, aimless walking.
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary verb in compound tenses.