Meaning
to irrigate, water
- to supply land or crops with water by artificial means
- to wash out an organ, wound, or body cavity with fluid (medical)
In a sentence
Gli agricoltori usano le acque del canale per irrigare i campi.
Farmers use canal waters to irrigate the fields.
A che ora irrighi il prato durante i mesi estivi?
What time do you water the lawn during the summer months?
Se non irrighiamo costantemente queste colture, il raccolto andrà perduto.
If we do not constantly irrigate these crops, the harvest will be lost.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| irrigare | infinitive |
| irrigo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| irrighi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| irriga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| irrighiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| irrigate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| irrigavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| irrigavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| irrigava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| irrigavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| irrigavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| irrigai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| irrigasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| irrigò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| irrigammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| irrigaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| irrigherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| irrigherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| irrigherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| irrigheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| irrigherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| irrighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| irrighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| irrighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| irrighiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| irrighiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| irrighino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| irrigassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| irrigassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| irrigasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| irrigassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| irrigaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| irrigherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| irrigheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| irrigherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| irrigheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| irrighereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| irriga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| irrighiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| irrigate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| irrigando | gerund |
| irrigato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary.
- Adds an 'h' before 'e' or 'i' to keep the hard 'g' sound: 'irrighiamo', 'irrigherà'.