Meaning
to intrigue, arouse curiosity
- to make someone curious or interested in something
- to catch someone's attention by being intriguing or unusual
In a sentence
La trama del nuovo romanzo mi incuriosisce molto.
The plot of the new novel intrigues me a lot.
Quella strana risposta non ti ha incuriosito affatto?
Didn't that strange answer make you curious at all?
Il comportamento misterioso del vicino ha incuriosito tutti nel palazzo.
The neighbour's mysterious behaviour intrigued everyone in the building.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| incuriosire | infinitive |
| incuriosisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| incuriosiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incuriosiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incuriosisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| incuriosiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| incuriosite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| incuriosendo | gerund |
| incuriosito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the -isc- suffix in the present tense (e.g., incuriosisce).
- Transitive verb; direct object pronouns are used (e.g., 'mi incuriosisce').