Meaning
to perfect, improve
- to make something better, flawless, or complete; to refine
- to finalize or conclude officially (e.g. a contract, an agreement)
In a sentence
Ha trascorso mesi a perfezionare il suo metodo di studio.
She spent months perfecting her study method.
Dobbiamo ancora perfezionare alcuni dettagli del contratto.
We still need to finalize a few details of the contract.
Vuoi andare all'estero per perfezionare la lingua?
Do you want to go abroad to perfect the language?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| perfezionare | infinitive |
| perfeziono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| perfezioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perfeziona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perfezionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perfezionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perfezionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| perfezionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| perfezionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| perfezionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| perfezioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| perfezioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| perfezioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perfezionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perfezionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perfezionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| perfezioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perfezioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perfeziona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| perfezioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| perfezionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| perfezionando | gerund |
| perfezionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Reflexive 'perfezionarsi' means 'to hone one's skills' or 'to specialize'.