Meaning
to metabolize; process
- to process or transform biochemically via metabolism
- to come to terms with, assimilate, or process an emotion or event psychologically
In a sentence
Il corpo umano metabolizza i farmaci principalmente attraverso il fegato.
The human body metabolizes drugs mainly through the liver.
Hai avuto abbastanza tempo per metabolizzare quella brutta notizia?
Did you have enough time to process that bad news?
Non ha ancora metabolizzato la fine improvvisa della loro relazione.
He hasn't processed the sudden end of their relationship yet.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| metabolizzare | infinitive |
| metabolizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| metabolizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| metabolizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| metabolizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| metabolizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| metabolizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| metabolizzando | gerund |
| metabolizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Very common figuratively in psychology and everyday speech for processing grief, shock, or bad news.
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary in compound tenses.