Meaning
to inhale
- to breathe in air, gas, smoke, or vapor
- to administer or take medicine by breathing it in
In a sentence
È pericoloso inalare i vapori di questo solvente chimico.
It is dangerous to inhale the fumes of this chemical solvent.
Il medico gli ha consigliato di inalare sostanze balsamiche la sera.
The doctor advised him to inhale balsamic vapors in the evening.
I vigili del fuoco hanno impedito alla folla di inalare il fumo.
The firefighters prevented the crowd from inhaling the smoke.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inalare | infinitive |
| inalo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inali | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inala | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inaliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inalate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inalano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inalavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inalavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inalava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inalavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inalavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inalavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inalai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inalasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inalò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inalammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inalaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| inalarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| inalerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| inalerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| inalerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| inaleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| inalerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| inaleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inali | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inali | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inali | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inaliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inaliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inalino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inalassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inalassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inalasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inalassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inalaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inalassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inalerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| inaleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inalerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inaleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inalereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inalerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inala | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inaliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inalate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inalando | gerund |
| inalato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used in medical contexts or when referring to fumes and smoke, unlike the everyday respirare.