Meaning
to darken, obscure
- To make dark or dim; to hide from view
- To overshadow or surpass someone or something in prominence
- To censor or block from public view (e.g. websites, windows)
In a sentence
Le nuvole dense hanno oscurato il sole per tutto il pomeriggio.
Dense clouds obscured the sun for the entire afternoon.
Perché le autorità hanno oscurato quel canale televisivo?
Why did the authorities take that television channel off the air?
Il successo del nuovo film non oscura i meriti del precedente.
The success of the new movie does not overshadow the merits of the previous one.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| oscurare | infinitive |
| oscuro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| oscuri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| oscura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| oscuriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| oscurate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| oscurano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| oscuravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| oscuravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| oscurava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| oscuravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| oscuravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| oscuravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| oscurai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| oscurasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| oscurò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| oscurammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| oscuraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| oscurarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| oscurerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| oscurerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| oscurerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| oscureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| oscurerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| oscureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| oscuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| oscuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| oscuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| oscuriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| oscuriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| oscurino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| oscurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| oscurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| oscurasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| oscurassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| oscuraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| oscurassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| oscurerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| oscureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| oscurerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| oscureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| oscurereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| oscurerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| oscura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| oscuriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| oscurate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| oscurando | gerund |
| oscurato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in transitive uses; the reflexive 'oscurarsi' takes 'essere'.