Meaning
to shoulder, take up
- to hold, raise, or steady a weapon or instrument against the arm or shoulder
In a sentence
Il musicista ha imbracciato la chitarra e ha cominciato a suonare.
The musician took up the guitar and began to play.
Molti cittadini decisero di imbracciare le armi per difendersi.
Many citizens decided to take up arms to defend themselves.
Non imbracciare quel fucile senza controllare la sicura.
Do not shoulder that rifle without checking the safety catch.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imbracciare | infinitive |
| imbraccio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbracci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbraccia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbracciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbracciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbracciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbracciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbracciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbracciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbracciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbracciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imbracciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imbracciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imbracciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imbracciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imbraccerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imbraccerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imbraccerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imbraccerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imbracceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imbracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbracciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbraccino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbracciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbracciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbracciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbracciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbracciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbraccerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbracceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbraccerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbracceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbraccereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbraccerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbraccia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imbracciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imbracciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imbracciando | gerund |
| imbracciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Commonly used with rifles ('fucile') or musical instruments held against the body ('chitarra').
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.