Meaning
to pierce, to drill
- to make a hole or pass through something using a sharp instrument or drill
- to pierce or puncture (skin, paper, metal)
In a sentence
Gli operai devono perforare il muro per far passare i cavi.
The workers need to drill through the wall to run the cables.
Un chiodo arrugginito ha perforato la gomma della mia bicicletta.
A rusty nail pierced the tyre of my bicycle.
Come hai perforato quel pannello di metallo così spesso?
How did you drill through that thick metal panel?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| perforare | infinitive |
| perforo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| perfori | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perfora | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perforiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| perforate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perforano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perforavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perforavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perforava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perforavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perforavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perforavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perforai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| perforasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| perforò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| perforammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| perforaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| perforarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| perforerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| perforerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| perforerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| perforeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| perforerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| perforeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| perfori | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| perfori | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perfori | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perforiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| perforiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perforino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perforassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perforassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perforasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perforassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perforaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perforassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perforerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| perforeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perforerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perforeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| perforereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perforerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perfora | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| perforiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| perforate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| perforando | gerund |
| perforato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'.
- Often used in technical, medical, and drilling contexts.