Meaning
polish; shine
- to polish a surface to make it shiny
- to clean and shine shoes, metal, or furniture
In a sentence
Ogni sabato lucido le scarpe nere.
Every Saturday I polish my black shoes.
Puoi lucidare il tavolo prima degli ospiti?
Can you polish the table before the guests arrive?
Non ho ancora lucidato l'argento di famiglia.
I still haven't polished the family silver.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| lucidare | infinitive |
| lucido | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| lucidi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lucida | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| lucidiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| lucidate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| lucidano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lucidavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| lucidavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| lucidava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| lucidavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| lucidavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| lucidavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| lucidai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| lucidasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| lucidò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| lucidammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| lucidaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| lucidarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| luciderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| luciderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| luciderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| lucideremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| luciderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| lucideranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| lucidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| lucidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lucidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| lucidiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| lucidiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| lucidino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lucidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| lucidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| lucidasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| lucidassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| lucidaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| lucidassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| luciderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| lucideresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| luciderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| lucideremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| lucidereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| luciderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lucida | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| lucidiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| lucidate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| lucidando | gerund |
| lucidato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used with scarpe, pavimento, argento, mobili.
- Means making something shiny; for simple cleaning, pulire is broader.
- Regular -are verb; usually takes avere in compound tenses.