Meaning
to ford, wade across
- To cross a river, stream, or other body of shallow water on foot or by vehicle
In a sentence
I soldati hanno guadato il torrente con estrema cautela prima dell'alba.
The soldiers forded the stream with extreme caution before dawn.
È pericoloso guadare questo fiume quando la corrente è così forte?
Is it dangerous to ford this river when the current is so strong?
Non abbiamo potuto guadare il torrente a causa dell'improvvisa piena.
We were not able to wade across the stream because of the sudden flooding.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| guadare | infinitive |
| guado | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| guadi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| guada | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| guadiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| guadate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| guadano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| guadavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| guadavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| guadava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| guadavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| guadavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| guadavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| guadai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| guadasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| guadò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| guadammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| guadaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| guadarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| guaderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| guaderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| guaderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| guaderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| guaderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| guaderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| guadi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| guadi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| guadi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| guadiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| guadiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| guadino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| guadassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| guadassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| guadasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| guadassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| guadaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| guadassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| guaderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| guaderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| guaderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| guaderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| guadereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| guaderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| guada | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| guadiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| guadate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| guadando | gerund |
| guadato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Takes a direct object (guadare il fiume) without a preposition.