Meaning
to bite
In a sentence
Il cane non morde mai i bambini.
The dog never bites children.
Ti ha morso il gatto ieri?
Did the cat bite you yesterday?
Non mordere la penna, si rompe.
Don't bite the pen, it will break.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mordere | infinitive |
| mordiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mordo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mordete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mordi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mordono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| morde | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mordevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mordevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mordevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mordevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mordevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mordeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mordemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| morsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mordeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mordesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| morsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| morse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| morderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| morderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| morderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| morderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| morderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| morderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mordiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| morda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mordiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| morda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mordano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| morda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mordessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mordessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mordeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mordessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mordessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mordesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| morderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| morderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mordereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| morderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| morderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| morderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mordiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mordete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mordi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mordendo | gerund |
| morso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use mordere for physical biting; for insect stings, Italian usually prefers pungere, not mordere.
- It’s irregular: present io mordo, tu mordi; past participle morso. Learners often confuse it with the regular-looking mordito.
- With avere in compound tenses: ha morso, not è morso when meaning 'bit'.
- past participle morso