Meaning
to arouse suspicion
- to make someone suspicious; to arouse suspicion in someone
- (insospettirsi) to become suspicious or distrustful
In a sentence
Quel silenzio improvviso ha insospettito tutti i presenti.
That sudden silence aroused the suspicion of everyone present.
La polizia si è insospettita per i movimenti anomali dell'auto.
The police became suspicious because of the car's unusual movements.
Non fare domande strane, altrimenti rischi di insospettire tuo padre.
Don't ask weird questions, otherwise you risk making your father suspicious.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| insospettire | infinitive |
| insospettisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| insospettisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| insospettite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| insospettivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| insospettivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| insospettisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| insospettiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| insospettirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| insospettirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| insospettisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| insospettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| insospettissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| insospettiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| insospettiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insospettiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| insospettireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insospettisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| insospettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| insospettite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| insospettendo | gerund |
| insospettito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conjugated with the '-isc-' infix in the present indicative and subjunctive.
- The reflexive 'insospettirsi' is very frequent and takes 'essere'.