Meaning
to step on, crush, beat up
- to step on or tread upon something
- to crush, pound, or grind into small pieces
- to beat up or physically assault someone (colloquial)
In a sentence
Scusa, ti ho pestato il piede senza volere!
Sorry, I stepped on your foot by accident!
Pesta il basilico nel mortaio per fare il pesto.
Crush the basil in the mortar to make pesto.
Ieri notte due sconosciuti hanno pestato un ragazzo fuori dal locale.
Last night two strangers beat up a guy outside the club.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pestare | infinitive |
| pesto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pesti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pesta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pestiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pestate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pestano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pestavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pestavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pestava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pestavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pestavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pestavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pestai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pestasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pestò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pestammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pestaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pestarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pesterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pesterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pesterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pesteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pesterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pesteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pestiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pestiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pestino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pestasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pestassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pestaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pestassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pesterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pesteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pesterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pesteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pestereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pesterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pesta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pestiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pestate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pestando | gerund |
| pestato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conjugates regularly with 'avere'.
- 'Pestare i piedi a qualcuno' figuratively means to step on someone's toes.