Meaning
to nourish
- to nourish, to feed
- to foster, to harbor (feelings)
In a sentence
Cerco di nutrire meglio il mio cane.
I try to feed my dog better.
Hai nutrito il bambino prima di uscire?
Did you feed the baby before going out?
Non riesco più a nutrire il piccolo da sola.
I can’t breastfeed the little one by myself anymore.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| nutrire | infinitive |
| nutriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| nutro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| nutrite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| nutri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| nutre | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| nutrivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| nutrivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| nutrivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| nutrivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| nutriva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| nutrimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| nutrii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| nutriste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| nutristi | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| nutrì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| nutriremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| nutrirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| nutrirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| nutrirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| nutriranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| nutrirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| nutriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| nutra | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| nutriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| nutra | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| nutra | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| nutrissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| nutrissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| nutriste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| nutrissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| nutrisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| nutriremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| nutrirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| nutrireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| nutriresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| nutrirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| nutriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| nutrite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| nutri | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| nutrendo | gerund |
| nutrito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use nutrire for people, animals, plants, or abstract feelings. For serving food, prefer dare da mangiare or sfamare in everyday speech.
- With emotions or ideas, it often sounds more formal: nutrire dubbi, speranze, rancore. English speakers often overuse avere here.
- In compound tenses it takes avere: ho nutrito, not sono nutrito, except as an adjective/passive participle.