Meaning
infest; haunt
- to overrun or plague in large numbers (pests, weeds)
- to haunt (a place, as ghosts or spirits)
In a sentence
I topi hanno infestato l'intero seminterrato durante l'inverno.
Rats infested the entire basement during the winter.
Dicono che uno spirito inquieto infesti quel vecchio castello.
They say a restless spirit haunts that old castle.
Le erbacce non infestano più il giardino grazie al nuovo diserbante.
Weeds no longer overrun the garden thanks to the new weedkiller.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| infestare | infinitive |
| infesto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| infesti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infesta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infestiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| infestate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infestano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infestavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| infestavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| infestava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| infestavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| infestavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| infestavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| infestai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| infestasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| infestò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| infestammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| infestaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| infestarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| infesterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| infesterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| infesterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| infesteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| infesterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| infesteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| infesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| infesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infestiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| infestiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infestino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| infestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| infestasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| infestassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| infestaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| infestassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| infesterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| infesteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infesterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infesteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| infestereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infesterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infesta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| infestiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| infestate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| infestando | gerund |
| infestato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses.
- Commonly used in passive forms: essere infestato da (to be infested/haunted by).