Meaning
to hit, to beat
- to beat, to hit, to thrash, to hammer
- to strike, to bang, to pat, to tap
- to beat, to knock, to thump, to tap, to bang
- to insist
In a sentence
Non picchiare tuo fratello, chiedigli scusa.
Don't hit your brother, apologize to him.
Ho picchiato la testa mentre salivo in macchina.
I bumped my head while getting into the car.
Quel ragazzo picchia sempre il fratello minore.
That boy always hits his younger brother.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| picchiare | infinitive |
| picchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| picchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| picchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| picchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| picchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| picchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| picchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| picchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| picchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| picchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| picchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| picchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| picchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| picchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| picchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| picchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| picchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| picchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| picchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| picchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| picchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| picchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| picchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| picchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| picchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| picchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| picchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| picchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| picchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| picchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| picchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| picchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| picchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| picchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| picchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| picchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| picchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| picchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| picchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| picchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| picchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| picchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| picchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| picchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| picchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| picchiando | gerund |
| picchiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For physical violence, picchiare is stronger and more colloquial than colpire. Colpire is broader and often more neutral or formal.
- Use picchiare qualcuno for beating a person, but picchiare su qualcosa for banging on a surface. The preposition changes the meaning.
- Intransitive weather use is common: picchia il sole means the sun is blazing. Don't force a direct object there.