Meaning
to patrol
- to make regular rounds to guard, inspect, or maintain security in an area
- to monitor systematically
In a sentence
La polizia municipale continua a pattugliare il centro storico durante la notte.
The local police continue to patrol the historic center during the night.
Le guardie forestali pattugliano costantemente il parco naturale per prevenire incendi.
The forest rangers constantly patrol the natural park to prevent fires.
Non è facile pattugliare un confine marittimo così vasto senza navi adeguate.
It is not easy to patrol such a vast maritime border without adequate ships.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pattugliare | infinitive |
| pattuglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pattugli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pattuglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pattugliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pattugliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pattugliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pattugliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pattugliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pattugliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pattugliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pattugliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pattugliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pattugliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pattugliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pattugliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pattuglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pattuglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pattuglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pattuglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pattuglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pattuglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pattugli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pattugli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pattugli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pattugliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pattuglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pattugliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pattugliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pattugliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pattugliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pattugliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pattuglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pattuglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pattuglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pattuglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pattuglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pattuglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pattugliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pattugliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pattugliando | gerund |
| pattugliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes a direct object representing the place or zone being patrolled.
- Auxiliary verb in compound tenses is avere.