Meaning
to mutilate, maim
- To severely injure by depriving of a limb or essential part
- To damage, cut, or alter a text, artwork, or object substantially
In a sentence
L'esplosione rischiava di mutilare gravemente i soccorritori.
The explosion risked severely maiming the rescuers.
La censura ha deciso di mutilare il finale del film.
The censors decided to mutilate the movie's ending.
Non possiamo mutilare un testo classico solo per renderlo più breve.
We cannot butcher a classic text just to make it shorter.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mutilare | infinitive |
| mutilo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mutili | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mutila | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mutiliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mutilate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mutilavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mutilavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mutilava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mutilavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mutilavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mutilai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mutilasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mutilò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mutilammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mutilaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mutilerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mutilerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mutilerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mutileremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mutilerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mutileranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mutili | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mutili | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mutili | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mutiliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mutiliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mutilassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mutilassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mutilasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mutilassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mutilaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mutilerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mutileresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mutilerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mutileremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mutilereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mutila | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mutiliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mutilate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mutilando | gerund |
| mutilato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Often used metaphorically for heavily censored or edited literary and artistic works.