Meaning
to skewer, pierce
- to pierce through or impale with a sharp or pointed object
In a sentence
Ha infilzato un pezzo di carne con lo spiedo per fare la grigliata.
He skewered a piece of meat with the skewer for the barbecue.
Il bambino cercava di infilzare le olive con la forchetta.
The child was trying to spear the olives with his fork.
Nel film d'avventura, il cavaliere ha infilzato il nemico con la spada.
In the adventure movie, the knight ran the enemy through with a sword.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| infilzare | infinitive |
| infilzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| infilzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infilza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infilziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| infilzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infilzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| infilzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| infilzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| infilzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| infilzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| infilzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| infilzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| infilzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| infilzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| infilzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| infilzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| infilzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| infilzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| infilzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| infilzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| infilzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| infilzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infilzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infilziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| infilziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infilzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| infilzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| infilzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| infilzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| infilzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| infilzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| infilzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infilzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infilzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| infilzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infilza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| infilziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| infilzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| infilzando | gerund |
| infilzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary avere: 'ha infilzato'.
- Common in cooking (skewering meat) and when stabbing food with a fork.