Meaning
to reap, claim
- To cut and harvest grain or crops (to reap).
- To cause many deaths or casualties (to claim lives, fig.).
- To win or gather in large amounts, such as successes or praise (fig.).
In a sentence
I contadini iniziano a mietere il grano all'inizio dell'estate.
The farmers start reaping the wheat at the beginning of summer.
L'epidemia purtroppo continua a mietere vittime in tutta la regione.
Unfortunately, the epidemic continues to claim lives throughout the region.
Il nuovo spettacolo teatrale ha mietuto consensi in tutta Europa.
The new theater show has garnered acclaim all across Europe.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mietere | infinitive |
| mieto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mieti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| miete | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mietiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mietete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mietono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mietevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mietevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mieteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mietevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mietevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mietevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mietei | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mietesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mieté | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mietemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mieteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mieterono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mieterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mieterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mieterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mieteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mieterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mieteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mieta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mieta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mieta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mietiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mietiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mietano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mietessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mietessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mietesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mietessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mieteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mietessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mieterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mieteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mieterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mieteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mietereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mieterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mieti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mietiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mietete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mietendo | gerund |
| mietuto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often figurative: 'mietere vittime' (to claim victims/lives) or 'mietere successi' (to achieve great success).