Meaning
to die, perish
- to perish, die
- to be lost, to be ruined
In a sentence
Molti pesci sono periti nel lago secco.
Many fish perished in the dry lake.
Centinaia di soldati perirono durante quella battaglia.
Hundreds of soldiers perished during that battle.
Davvero vuoi che tutto perisca così?
Do you really want everything to perish like this?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| perire | infinitive |
| periamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| perisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| perite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| periscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| periva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| perii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| periste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| peristi | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| perirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| perì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| periremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| perirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| perirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| perirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| periranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| perirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| periamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| perisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| periate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| periscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| periste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| periremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| perirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| perireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| periresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| periamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| perite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| perisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| perendo | gerund |
| perito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Mostly literary, formal, or dramatic. In everyday speech, Italians usually say morire, finire, or andare in rovina instead.
- With people, it sounds elevated or tragic: perire in guerra. For ordinary death, perire is usually too solemn.
- It takes essere in compound tenses: è perito, sono periti. Past participle agrees in gender and number.