Meaning
knead; mix dough
- to mix and work flour and other ingredients into dough
- to cover or smear with a sticky substance
In a sentence
Ogni sabato impasto il pane in casa.
Every Saturday I knead bread at home.
Hai mai impastato la pizza a mano?
Have you ever kneaded pizza dough by hand?
Non impastare troppo, la pasta diventa dura.
Don't knead too much, the dough becomes hard.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| impastare | infinitive |
| impasto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| impasti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impasta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impastiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| impastate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impastano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impastavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impastavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impastava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impastavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impastavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impastavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impastai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| impastasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| impastò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| impastammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| impastaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| impastarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| impasterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| impasterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| impasterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| impasteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| impasterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| impasteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| impasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| impasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impastiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| impastiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impastino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impastassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impastassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impastasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impastassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impastaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impastassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impasterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| impasteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impasterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impasteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| impastereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impasterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impasta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| impastiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| impastate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| impastando | gerund |
| impastato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most often used for bread, pizza, and pasta dough.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho impastato.
- Do not confuse with mescolare: impastare means making or kneading dough.