Meaning
to skim, shortlist
- to remove cream or fat from milk
- to filter, narrow down, or shortlist candidates or options
In a sentence
Preferisco bere latte scremato a colazione perché è più leggero.
I prefer drinking skimmed milk at breakfast because it is lighter.
La commissione ha scremato le centinaia di domande ricevute per il concorso.
The committee shortlisted the hundreds of applications received for the competition.
Dobbiamo ancora scremare la lista degli invitati prima di stampare le partecipazioni.
We still need to narrow down the guest list before printing the invitations.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scremare | infinitive |
| scremo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scremi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| screma | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scremiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scremate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scremano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scremavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scremavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scremava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scremavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scremavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scremavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scremai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scremasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scremò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scremammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scremaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scremarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scremerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scremerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scremerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scremeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scremerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scremeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scremi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scremi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'.
- 'Latte scremato' means skimmed milk; 'parzialmente scremato' means semi-skimmed milk.