Meaning
to embalm, stuff
- to treat a corpse with preservatives to prevent decay
- to preserve and mount the skin of a dead animal (taxidermy); to stuff
In a sentence
Gli antichi Egizi sapevano imbalsamare i corpi con grande maestria.
The ancient Egyptians knew how to embalm bodies with great skill.
Mio nonno fece imbalsamare quel maestoso falco molti decenni fa.
My grandfather had that majestic hawk stuffed many decades ago.
Non approvo l'idea di imbalsamare gli animali domestici dopo la morte.
I don't approve of the idea of stuffing pets after death.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imbalsamare | infinitive |
| imbalsamo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsami | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsama | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsamiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsamavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsamavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsamava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsamavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsamai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsamasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsamò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsamammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsamerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsamerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsamerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsameremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsameranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsami | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsami | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsami | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsamiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsamassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsamassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsamasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsamassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsamerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbalsameresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsamerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbalsameremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbalsama | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imbalsamiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imbalsamate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imbalsamando | gerund |
| imbalsamato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere'. For animal taxidermy, 'tassidermizzare' is technical, but 'imbalsamare' is the everyday term.