Meaning
to capture, immortalize
- to capture or record an image (in a photo, film, or artwork)
- to make famous or memorable for all time
In a sentence
Il fotografo ha immortalato il tramonto sulla scogliera.
The photographer captured the sunset over the cliff.
Non guardarmi così, altrimenti ti immortalo subito!
Don't look at me like that, or I'll take a photo of you right now!
Quel dipinto celebre ha immortalato per sempre la regina.
That famous painting immortalized the queen forever.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| immortalare | infinitive |
| immortalo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| immortali | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immortala | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immortaliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| immortalate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immortalavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| immortalavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| immortalava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| immortalavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| immortalavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| immortalai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| immortalasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| immortalò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| immortalammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| immortalaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| immortalerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| immortalerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| immortalerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| immortaleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| immortalerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| immortaleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| immortali | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| immortali | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immortali | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immortaliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| immortaliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immortalassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| immortalassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| immortalasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| immortalassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| immortalaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| immortalerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| immortaleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immortalerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immortaleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| immortalereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immortala | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| immortaliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| immortalate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| immortalando | gerund |
| immortalato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used informally for taking a candid photo: 'ti ho immortalato' (I snapped a photo of you).
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.