Meaning
to slaughter, butcher
- to kill and dress animals for meat
- to massacre or slaughter people brutally (figurative)
In a sentence
In questa fattoria macellano i polli secondo le norme vigenti.
On this farm they butcher chickens according to current regulations.
La carne viene controllata prima di essere macellata.
The meat is inspected before being slaughtered.
Non macellano gli animali senza adeguate misure veterinarie.
They do not slaughter animals without adequate veterinary measures.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| macellare | infinitive |
| macello | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| macelli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| macella | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| macelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| macellate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| macellano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| macellavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| macellavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| macellava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| macellavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| macellavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| macellavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| macellai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| macellasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| macellò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| macellammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| macellaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| macellarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| macellerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| macellerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| macellerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| macelleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| macellerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| macelleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| macelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| macelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| macelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| macelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| macelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| macellino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| macellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| macellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| macellasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| macellassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| macellaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| macellassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| macellerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| macelleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| macellerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| macelleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| macellereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| macellerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| macella | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| macelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| macellate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| macellando | gerund |
| macellato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Related noun is 'macellaio' (butcher) and 'macello' (slaughterhouse; chaos).