Meaning
smear, deface
- to dirty or smear a surface with a liquid or sticky substance
- to deface, vandalize, or daub walls or monuments with paint
In a sentence
I vandali hanno imbrattato la facciata del museo con vernice spray.
Vandals defaced the museum facade with spray paint.
Fai attenzione con quel sugo, rischi di imbrattare tutta la camicia.
Be careful with that sauce; you risk smearing your whole shirt.
I bambini si sono imbrattati le mani con i colori a tempera.
The children smeared their hands with tempera paint.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imbrattare | infinitive |
| imbratto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbratti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbratta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrattiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrattano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrattavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbrattavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrattava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrattavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrattavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrattai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imbrattasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrattò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrattammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrattarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imbratterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imbratterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imbratterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imbratteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imbratterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imbratteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imbratti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbratti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbratti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrattiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrattino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbrattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbrattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrattasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbrattassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrattassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbratterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbratteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbratterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbratteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbratterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbratta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imbrattiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imbrattate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imbrattando | gerund |
| imbrattato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Commonly used when talking about graffiti vandalism ('imbrattare i muri'). Auxiliary is 'avere'.