Meaning
stuff, wolf down
- to force-feed (animals or people)
- to gorge oneself, to wolf down food (reflexive: ingozzarsi)
In a sentence
Non ingozzarti di patatine prima della cena!
Don't stuff yourself with chips before dinner!
Si è ingozzato così tanto al buffet che ora ha mal di stomaco.
He gorged himself so much at the buffet that he now has a stomach ache.
Perché ti ingozzi senza nemmeno masticare il cibo?
Why are you wolfing it down without even chewing the food?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ingozzare | infinitive |
| ingozzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingozziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingozzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingozzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingozza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ingozziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ingozzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ingozzando | gerund |
| ingozzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: almost always used reflexively (ingozzarsi) to describe overeating greedily.