Meaning
to inflict; to infer
- to inflict (a wound, blow, or injury)
- to infer, deduce, or conclude from evidence
In a sentence
L'aggressore ha inferito tre ferite alla vittima con un pugnale.
The attacker inflicted three wounds on the victim with a dagger.
Da questi dati non possiamo inferire conclusioni certe sul fenomeno.
From these data, we cannot infer certain conclusions about the phenomenon.
Il perito ha cercato di chiarire come furono inferiti quei traumi.
The expert tried to clarify how those traumas were inflicted.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inferire | infinitive |
| inferisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inferisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inferisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inferiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inferite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inferiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inferivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inferivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inferiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inferivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inferivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inferivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inferii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inferisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inferì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inferimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inferiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| inferirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| inferirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| inferirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| inferirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| inferiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| inferirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| inferiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inferisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inferisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inferisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inferiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inferiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inferiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inferissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inferissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inferisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inferissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inferiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inferissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inferirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| inferiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inferirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inferiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inferireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inferirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inferisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inferiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inferite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inferendo | gerund |
| inferito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: predominantly found in legal, literary, or formal academic contexts.
- Takes the '-isc-' infix in present-tense conjugations.