Meaning
to impregnate, get someone pregnant
- To impregnate a female person or animal.
- To get someone pregnant.
In a sentence
Il toro ha ingravidato diverse mucche della fattoria.
The bull impregnated several cows on the farm.
Hanno usato l'inseminazione artificiale per ingravidare la cavalla.
They used artificial insemination to get the mare pregnant.
Non pensava di poterla ingravidare dopo così poco tempo.
He didn't think he could get her pregnant after such a short time.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ingravidare | infinitive |
| ingravido | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingravidi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingravida | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravidiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravidano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingravidavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingravidavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingravidava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravidavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravidavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingravidai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ingravidasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ingravidò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravidammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravidarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ingraviderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ingraviderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ingraviderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravideremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ingraviderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravideranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ingravidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingravidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingravidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravidiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravidino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingravidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingravidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingravidasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravidassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravidassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingraviderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingravideresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingraviderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingravideremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingraviderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingravida | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ingravidiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ingravidate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ingravidando | gerund |
| ingravidato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- When applied to humans in everyday speech, it can sound blunt, crude, or clinical.
- In polite human contexts, 'mettere incinta' or 'fecondare' are generally preferred.