Meaning
to teem, to swarm
- to be full of or multiply rapidly; to swarm or teem (often followed by 'di')
In a sentence
In estate le piazze del centro pullulano di turisti da tutto il mondo.
In summer, the city centre's squares teem with tourists from all over the world.
Non c'è una zona del parco che non pulluli di vita in primavera?
Isn't there any part of the park that isn't teeming with life in spring?
Il quartiere non pullula affatto di attività commerciali come sostengono.
The neighbourhood is not at all swarming with commercial activity as they claim.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pullulare | infinitive |
| pullulo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pulluli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pullula | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pulluliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pullulate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pullulano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pullulavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pullulavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pullulava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pullulavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pullulavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pullulavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pullulai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pullulasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pullulò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pullulammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pullulaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pullularono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pullulerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pullulerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pullulerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pulluleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pullulerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pulluleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pulluli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pulluli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pulluli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pulluliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pulluliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pullulino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pullulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pullulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pullulasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pullulassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pullulaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pullulassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pullulerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pulluleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pullulerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pulluleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pullulereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pullulerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pullula | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pulluliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pullulate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pullulando | gerund |
| pullulato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Typically takes the auxiliary 'avere', though 'essere' is also found in some contexts.
- Almost always used with the preposition 'di' (e.g. pullulare di turisti).