Meaning
to erode, damage
- To corrode or eat into a surface or material.
- To chip away at, diminish, or compromise resources, trust, or savings.
In a sentence
Le spese impreviste hanno intaccato pesantemente i nostri risparmi familiari.
Unexpected expenses heavily ate into our family savings.
L'acido ha intaccato la superficie metallica del tavolo da lavoro.
The acid corroded the metal surface of the workbench.
Questo scandalo non ha intaccato minimamente la sua reputazione professionale.
This scandal hasn't undermined his professional reputation in the slightest.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| intaccare | infinitive |
| intacco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| intacchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| intacca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| intacchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| intaccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| intaccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| intaccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| intaccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| intaccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| intaccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| intaccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| intaccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| intaccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| intaccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| intaccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| intaccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| intaccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| intaccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| intaccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| intaccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| intacchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| intacchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| intacchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| intacchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| intacchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| intacchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| intaccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| intaccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| intaccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| intaccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| intaccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| intaccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| intaccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| intaccherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| intaccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| intacchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| intacca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| intacchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| intaccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| intaccando | gerund |
| intaccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Commonly used with financial assets ('intaccare i risparmi') or reputations ('intaccare la fiducia').