Meaning
to pollute
- to make air, water, or land dirty and harmful
- to contaminate an environment
In a sentence
Le auto inquinano l'aria in città.
Cars pollute the air in the city.
Questa fabbrica inquina il fiume?
Does this factory pollute the river?
Noi non vogliamo inquinare il mare.
We do not want to pollute the sea.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inquinare | infinitive |
| inquino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inquini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inquina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inquiniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inquinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inquinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inquinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inquinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inquinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inquinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inquinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inquinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inquinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inquinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inquinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| inquinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| inquinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| inquinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| inquineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| inquinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| inquineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inquini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inquini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inquini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inquiniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inquiniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inquinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inquinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inquinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inquinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inquinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inquinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| inquineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inquinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inquineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inquinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inquina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inquiniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inquinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inquinando | gerund |
| inquinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Common with aria, acqua, mare, ambiente.
- Regular -are verb.
- Often used transitively: le fabbriche inquinano l'aria.