Meaning
to mix
- to stir
- to blend
- to shuffle
In a sentence
Mescola bene il sugo prima di mangiare.
Stir the sauce well before eating.
Hai mescolato le carte prima di iniziare?
Did you shuffle the cards before starting?
Non mescolo mai latte e caffè.
I never mix milk and coffee.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mescolare | infinitive |
| mescoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mescolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mescolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mescoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mescola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mescolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mescolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mescolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mescolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mescolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mescolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mescolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mescolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mescolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mescolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mescoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mescolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mescolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mescolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mescoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mescolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mescoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mescoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mescoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mescoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mescoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mescolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mescolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mescolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mescolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mescolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mescoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mescolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mescolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mescoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mescolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mescoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mescolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mescola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mescolando | gerund |
| mescolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use mescolare for combining ingredients or ideas; mischiare is often more casual and common in speech, especially for mixed objects or groups.
- For cards, mescolare works, but the fixed phrase is mescolare le carte; don't translate English 'shuffle' literally in other contexts.
- With reflexive mescolarsi, it usually takes essere in compound tenses: si è mescolato alla folla.