Meaning
to soothe, alleviate
- to relieve or reduce physical pain, inflammation, or irritation
- to soften or ease emotional distress or grief
In a sentence
Questa crema a base di calendula lenisce subito il bruciore della pelle.
This calendula-based cream immediately soothes skin burning.
Nessuna parola di conforto poteva lenire la sua profonda amarezza.
No words of comfort could ease his deep bitterness.
Il farmaco è stato prescritto per lenire le fitte articolari notturne.
The medication was prescribed to alleviate nocturnal joint pains.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| lenire | infinitive |
| lenisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| lenisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lenisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| leniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| lenite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| leniscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lenivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| lenivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| leniva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| lenivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| lenivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| lenivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| lenii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| lenisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| lenì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| lenimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| leniste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| lenirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| lenirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| lenirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| lenirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| leniremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| lenirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| leniranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| lenisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| lenisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lenisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| leniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| leniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| leniscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lenissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| lenissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| lenisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| lenissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| leniste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| lenissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| lenirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| leniresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lenirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| leniremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| lenireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| lenirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lenisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| leniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| lenite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| lenendo | gerund |
| lenito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: used mainly in medical, elevated, or literary contexts.
- Follows the -isc- pattern (io lenisco, tu lenisci).
- Common near-synonyms: attenuare, alleviare, calmare.