Meaning
to frame, size up
- to frame a subject or scene with a camera
- to size up or understand someone's personality or motives
- to contextualize or categorize within a system
In a sentence
Inquadra bene il paesaggio prima di scattare la fotografia.
Frame the landscape properly before taking the picture.
Non sono ancora riuscito a inquadrare il nuovo collega.
I haven't managed to figure out the new colleague yet.
La relazione inquadra chiaramente le cause della crisi economica.
The report clearly frames the causes of the economic crisis.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inquadrare | infinitive |
| inquadro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inquadri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inquadrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inquadravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inquadravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inquadrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inquadraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| inquadrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| inquadrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inquadri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inquadriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inquadrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inquadraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| inquadreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadrerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inquadreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inquadrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadrerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inquadra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inquadriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inquadrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inquadrando | gerund |
| inquadrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In colloquial Italian, 'non riesco a inquadrarlo' means 'I can't figure him out'.