Meaning
to wrinkle, shrivel
- To wrinkle, crease, or shrivel (transitive or intransitive).
- (raggrinzirsi) To become wrinkled, puckered, or shrivelled.
In a sentence
Le dita gli si sono raggrinzite dopo mezz'ora nell'acqua calda.
His fingers wrinkled after half an hour in hot water.
Il caldo eccessivo fa raggrinzire le foglie della pianta.
Excessive heat causes the plant's leaves to shrivel.
Non lasciare asciugare la seta al sole, altrimenti si raggrinzisce.
Don't let silk dry in the sun, otherwise it will wrinkle.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| raggrinzire | infinitive |
| raggrinzisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinzisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinzisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinzite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinziscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinzivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinziva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinzivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinzivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinzivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinzisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinzì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinzimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinziste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinzirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinzirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinzirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinziremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinzirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinziranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinzisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinzisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinziscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinzissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinzisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinzissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinziste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinzissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| raggrinziresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinzirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raggrinziremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinzireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinzirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raggrinzisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| raggrinziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| raggrinzite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| raggrinzendo | gerund |
| raggrinzito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'essere' when intransitive, and 'avere' when transitive.
- Most commonly encountered in the past participle 'raggrinzito' (wrinkled, withered).