Meaning
to cloud, to blur
- to dim, blur, or obscure physical vision or light
- to cloud or impair judgment, reason, or clarity
- to overshadow or tarnish someone's reputation or achievements
In a sentence
La nebbia fitta cominciava a offuscare il paesaggio circostante.
The thick fog was beginning to blur the surrounding landscape.
La rabbia non dovrebbe mai offuscare la tua capacità di giudizio.
Anger should never cloud your ability to judge.
Lo scandalo rischia di offuscare tutti i suoi successi professionali.
The scandal risks overshadowing all of his professional achievements.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| offuscare | infinitive |
| offusco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| offuschi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| offusca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| offuschiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| offuscate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| offuscavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| offuscavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| offuscava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| offuscavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| offuscavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| offuscai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| offuscasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| offuscò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| offuscammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| offuscaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| offuscherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| offuscherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| offuscherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| offuscheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| offuscherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| offuschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| offuschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| offuschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| offuschiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| offuschiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| offuschino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| offuscassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| offuscassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| offuscasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| offuscassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| offuscaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| offuscherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| offuscheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| offuscherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| offuscheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| offuschereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| offusca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| offuschiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| offuscate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| offuscando | gerund |
| offuscato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Spelling note: inserts 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (e.g., 'offuschi', 'offuscherò') to retain the hard /k/ sound.