Meaning
to irritate, vex, provoke, peeve
- to irritate, inflame
In a sentence
Mi irrita quando parli mentre guardo un film.
It irritates me when you talk while I watch a movie.
Ti ha irritato la crema sulla pelle?
Did the cream irritate your skin?
Non irritare tuo fratello, oggi è già nervoso.
Don't irritate your brother, he's already nervous today.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| irritare | infinitive |
| irritiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| irrito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| irritate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| irriti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| irritano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| irrita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| irritavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| irritavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| irritavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| irritavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| irritavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| irritava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| irritammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| irritai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| irritaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| irritasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| irritarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| irritò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| irriteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| irriterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| irriterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| irriterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| irriteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| irriterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| irritiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| irriti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| irritiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| irriti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| irritino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| irriti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| irritassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| irritassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| irritaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| irritassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| irritassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| irritasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| irriteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| irriterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| irritereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| irriteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| irriterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| irriterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| irritiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| irritate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| irrita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| irritando | gerund |
| irritato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use irritare for both people and body parts: Mi irrita; Questa crema irrita la pelle.
- For stronger emotional annoyance, innervosire or far arrabbiare is often more natural than irritare in casual speech.
- With the physical sense, Italian often uses direct objects, not prepositions: irritare la gola, gli occhi, la pelle.