Meaning
to soften, make spineless
- to make something soft or mushy
- to weaken someone's character, make spineless or soft (often reflexive: rammollirsi)
In a sentence
Il caldo eccessivo ha rammollito il burro sul tavolo.
The excessive heat softened the butter on the table.
Troppi comfort finiscono per rammollire il carattere dei giovani.
Too many comforts end up softening the character of young people.
Smettila di oziare o ti rammollirai del tutto!
Stop idling or you'll turn completely soft!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rammollire | infinitive |
| rammollisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rammollisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rammollisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rammolliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rammollite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rammolliscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rammollivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rammolliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rammollivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rammollivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rammollivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rammollisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rammollì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rammollimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rammolliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rammollirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rammollirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rammollirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rammolliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rammollirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rammolliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rammollisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rammollisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rammolliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rammolliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rammolliscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rammollissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rammollisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rammollissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rammolliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rammollissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rammolliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rammollirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rammolliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rammollireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rammollirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rammollisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rammolliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rammollite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rammollendo | gerund |
| rammollito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Uses auxiliary avere transitively, but essere when intransitive or reflexive.
- The past participle 'rammollito' is often used as a derogatory noun meaning 'wimp' or 'couch potato'.