Meaning
to scratch; to grate
- To scratch or rub the skin with nails to relieve itching.
- To grate food, especially hard cheese (more formally 'grattugiare').
- To scrape off a surface.
In a sentence
Il cane si gratta sempre dietro le orecchie.
The dog is always scratching behind its ears.
Puoi grattare un po' di parmigiano sulla pasta?
Can you grate some parmesan onto the pasta?
Non grattare la puntura di zanzara, altrimenti peggiora.
Don't scratch the mosquito bite, or it will get worse.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| grattare | infinitive |
| gratto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| gratti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gratta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| grattiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| grattate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| grattano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| grattavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| grattavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| grattava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| grattavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| grattavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| grattavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| grattai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| grattasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| grattò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| grattammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| grattaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| grattarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| gratterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| gratterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| gratterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| gratteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| gratterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| gratteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| gratti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| gratti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gratti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| grattiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| grattiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| grattino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| grattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| grattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| grattasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| grattassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| grattaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| grattassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gratterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| gratteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gratterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gratteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| grattereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gratterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gratta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| grattiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| grattate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| grattando | gerund |
| grattato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- To grate cheese is commonly 'grattugiare', but 'grattare' is also widely used colloquially.
- 'Grattarsi' is used reflexively when scratching oneself.