Meaning
to sparkle, glitter, shine
- to emit or reflect small flashes of bright light; to gleam or glint
In a sentence
I riflessi del sole facevano luccicare l'acqua limpida del lago.
The sun's reflections made the clear water of the lake sparkle.
Le stelle non luccicano stasera a causa delle nuvole dense.
The stars are not sparkling tonight because of the dense clouds.
Hai visto come luccicava quell'anello di diamanti nella vetrina?
Did you see how that diamond ring sparkled in the shop window?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| luccicare | infinitive |
| luccico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| luccichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| luccica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| luccichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| luccicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| luccicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| luccicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| luccicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| luccicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| luccicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| luccicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| luccicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| luccicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| luccicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| luccicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| luccicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| luccicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| luccicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| luccicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| luccicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| luccichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| luccichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| luccichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| luccichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| luccichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| luccichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| luccicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| luccicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| luccicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| luccicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| luccicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| luccicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| luccicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| luccicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| luccicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| luccichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| luccica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| luccichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| luccicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| luccicando | gerund |
| luccicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Inserts an 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (e.g. luccichi, luccicherò) to keep the hard /k/ sound.