Meaning
to shut up, shut in
- to lock up, lock in
In a sentence
Non rinchiudere il gatto in bagno, per favore.
Don't shut the cat in the bathroom, please.
Non rinchiuderti in casa per tutto il fine settimana.
Don't shut yourself up in the house all weekend.
La polizia ha rinchiuso il ladro in cella.
The police locked the thief in a cell.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rinchiudere | infinitive |
| rinchiudiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiudo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiudete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiudi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiudono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiude | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiudevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiudevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiudevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiudevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiudevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiudeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiudemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiusi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiudeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiudesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiusero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiuse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiuderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiuderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiuderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiuderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiuderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiuderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiudiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiuda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiudiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiuda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiudano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiuda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiudessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiudessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiudeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiudessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiudessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiudesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiuderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiuderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rinchiudereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiuderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiuderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rinchiuderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rinchiudiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rinchiudete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rinchiudi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rinchiudendo | gerund |
| rinchiuso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use rinchiudere for confinement in a closed space; chiudere is broader and often just means to close something.
- Common with people or animals: rinchiudere in prigione, in gabbia. For objects, chiudere or mettere via is often more natural.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha rinchiuso. Reflexive rinchiudersi means to shut oneself in and takes essere: si è rinchiuso.
- past participle rinchiuso