Meaning
to narrow, to shrink
- to narrow, to restrict
- to shrink, to take in (clothes)
- to thicken, to reduce (sauce)
In a sentence
Hanno dovuto restringere la strada vicino al ponte.
They had to narrow the road near the bridge.
Puoi restringere questo vestito di due centimetri?
Can you take in this dress by two centimeters?
Con il freddo, il tubo si può restringere.
In the cold, the pipe can shrink.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| restringere | infinitive |
| restringiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| restringo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| restringete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| restringi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| restringono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| restringe | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| restringevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| restringevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| restringevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| restringevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| restringevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| restringeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| restringemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| restrinsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| restringeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| restringesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| restrinsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| restrinse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| restringeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| restringerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| restringerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| restringerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| restringeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| restringerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| restringiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| restringa | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| restringiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| restringa | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| restringano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| restringa | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| restringessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| restringessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| restringeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| restringessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| restringessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| restringesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| restringeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| restringerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| restringereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| restringeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| restringerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| restringerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| restringiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| restringete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| restringi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| restringendo | gerund |
| restretto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use restringere for making something tighter or more limited; use ridurre for general reduction, and stringere for physically tightening by hand.
- Very common figuratively: restringere il campo, restringere la scelta, restringere i tempi. It often means limiting options, scope, or deadlines.
- As a transitive verb it takes avere: ho ristretto la gonna. In reflexive/intransitive uses, use essere: la strada si è ristretta.
- past participle restretto