Meaning
ingratiate oneself, curry favor
- to gain favor or goodwill (almost exclusively pronominal: ingraziarsi)
In a sentence
Ha portato dei regali costosi per ingraziarsi la nuova direttrice.
He brought expensive gifts to get on the good side of the new director.
Cerca sempre di ingraziarsi tutti facendo complimenti continui ma poco sinceri.
She always tries to curry favor with everyone by giving constant but insincere compliments.
Non intendo ingraziarmi nessuno per ottenere privilegi che non merito.
I do not intend to curry favor with anyone to obtain privileges I don't deserve.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ingraziare | infinitive |
| ingrazio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingrazi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingrazia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingraziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingraziano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingraziavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingraziavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingraziava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingraziavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingraziavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingraziai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ingraziasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ingraziò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ingraziammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ingraziarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ingrazierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ingrazierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ingrazierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ingrazieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ingrazierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ingrazieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ingrazi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingrazi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingrazi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingraziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingrazino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingraziassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingraziassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingraziasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingraziassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingraziassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingrazierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingrazieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingrazierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingrazieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingrazierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingrazia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ingraziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ingraziate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ingraziando | gerund |
| ingraziato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Almost exclusively used as the pronominal verb 'ingraziarsi' followed by a direct object.
- Takes 'essere' in compound tenses when used pronominally (e.g. 'si è ingraziato il capo').