Meaning
to plate up
- to arrange food on a plate before serving
- to serve food onto plates

In a sentence
Lo chef impiatta il pesce con cura.
The chef plates the fish carefully.
Puoi impiattare anche l'insalata?
Can you plate the salad too?
Non impiatto mai tutto nello stesso modo.
I never plate everything the same way.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| impiattare | infinitive |
| impiatto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| impiatti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impiatta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impiattiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| impiattate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impiattano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impiattavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impiattavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impiattava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impiattavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impiattavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impiattavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impiattai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| impiattasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| impiattò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| impiattammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| impiattaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| impiattarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| impiatterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| impiatterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| impiatterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| impiatteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| impiatterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| impiatteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| impiatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| impiatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impiatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impiattiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| impiattiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impiattino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impiattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impiattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impiattasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impiattassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impiattaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impiattassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impiatterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| impiatteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impiatterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impiatteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| impiattereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impiatterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impiatta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| impiattiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| impiattate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| impiattando | gerund |
| impiattato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Common in cooking shows and restaurant language.
- Means arranging food on the plate, often carefully or attractively.
- Regular -are verb; takes avere.