Meaning
to pinch, sting, catch
- to pinch with fingers or cause a stinging sensation on the skin
- to sting or bite (of insects)
- to catch red-handed or nab someone doing something wrong
In a sentence
Una zanzara mi ha pizzicato sul braccio durante la notte.
A mosquito bit me on the arm during the night.
La maglia di lana grezza mi pizzica la pelle del collo.
The raw wool sweater prickles the skin on my neck.
La polizia lo ha pizzicato mentre rubava una bicicletta.
The police caught him while he was stealing a bicycle.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pizzicare | infinitive |
| pizzico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pizzichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pizzicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pizzicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pizzicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pizzicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pizzicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pizzicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pizzicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pizzichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pizzichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pizzicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pizzicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pizzicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pizzicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pizzichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pizzica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pizzichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pizzicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pizzicando | gerund |
| pizzicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In informal speech, 'pizzicare' commonly means to catch someone in the act.
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.