Meaning
to hang
- to hang (execute by hanging)
- to hang oneself (reflexive)
In a sentence
Il prigioniero fu condannato a essere impiccato all'alba.
The prisoner was condemned to be hanged at dawn.
Ti sei impiccato con tutti questi problemi?
Did you get weighed down by all these problems?
Nel film, volevano impiccare il ladro.
In the movie, they wanted to hang the thief.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| impiccare | infinitive |
| impicchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| impicco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| impiccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impicchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impicca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impiccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impiccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impiccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impiccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impiccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impiccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| impiccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| impiccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| impiccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| impiccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| impiccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| impiccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| impiccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| impiccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| impiccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| impicchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| impicchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| impicchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impicchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impicchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impicchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impiccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impiccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impiccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impiccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impiccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impiccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| impiccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| impicchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impiccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impiccherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impicchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| impiccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| impicca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| impiccando | gerund |
| impiccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For execution by hanging, impiccare is standard; appendere is for hanging objects, not killing.
- As a transitive verb it usually takes avere: ha impiccato il quadro. Reflexive impiccarsi means to hang oneself and takes essere.
- The figurative sense is colloquial and often negative: mi hanno impiccato con mille problemi is stronger than simply creare problemi.