Meaning
to post, to gatecrash
- to drop a letter into a postbox or slot; to post/mail
- in the reflexive form (imbucarsi), to gatecrash or sneak into an event without an invitation
In a sentence
Puoi imbucare questa lettera quando esci?
Can you post this letter when you go out?
Ho imbucato la cartolina nella cassetta rossa all'angolo.
I posted the postcard in the red mailbox on the corner.
Si sono imbucati alla festa senza conoscere nessuno.
They gatecrashed the party without knowing anyone.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imbucare | infinitive |
| imbuco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbuchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbuca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbuchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbucate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbucavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbucavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbucava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbucavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbucavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbucai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imbucasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imbucò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imbucammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imbucaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imbucherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imbucherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imbucherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imbucheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imbucherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imbuchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbuchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbuchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbuchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbuchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbuchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbucassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbucassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbucasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbucassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbucaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbucherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbucheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbucherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbucheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbuchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbuca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imbuchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imbucate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imbucando | gerund |
| imbucato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Spelling note: adds an 'h' before 'e' or 'i' to preserve hard /k/ (imbuco, imbuchi, imbucano).
- Pragmatically common as reflexive 'imbucarsi' in colloquial language.