Meaning
to enslave
- to reduce to slavery (literal)
- to subjugate, exploit, or dominate completely (figurative)
In a sentence
Non permettere al tuo datore di lavoro di schiavizzarti.
Don't let your employer enslave you.
La tecnologia rischia a volte di schiavizzare l'uomo moderno.
Technology sometimes risks enslaving modern humanity.
Nell'antichità le popolazioni conquistate venivano spesso schiavizzate.
In antiquity, conquered peoples were often enslaved.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| schiavizzare | infinitive |
| schiavizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| schiavizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| schiavizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| schiavizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| schiavizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| schiavizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| schiavizzando | gerund |
| schiavizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Used both literally in historical contexts and figuratively to mean exploiting someone ruthlessly.