Meaning
pick up, tow
- to hit on or successfully pick up someone romantically or sexually
- to tow or haul a vehicle or boat
In a sentence
Ieri sera Luca ha rimorchiato una ragazza simpatica in discoteca.
Yesterday evening Luca picked up a nice girl at the club.
Non vado nei locali solo per rimorchiare qualcuno.
I don't go to clubs just to pick someone up.
Il furgone si è rotto e hanno dovuto rimorchiarlo fino all'officina.
The van broke down and they had to tow it to the garage.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rimorchiare | infinitive |
| rimorchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimorchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimorchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimorchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rimorchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rimorchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rimorchiando | gerund |
| rimorchiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: the dating sense ('to pick up') is very common in everyday casual speech.
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.