Meaning
to segregate, shut away
- to isolate, confine, or keep someone shut away from others
- to enforce racial, social, or religious segregation
In a sentence
Non puoi segregare tuo figlio in camera per punizione.
You cannot shut your son away in his room as a punishment.
La legge vietava di segregare i cittadini in base all'origine.
The law forbade segregating citizens based on origin.
I rapitori hanno segregato l'ostaggio in una stanza buia.
The kidnappers confined the hostage in a dark room.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| segregare | infinitive |
| segrego | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| segreghi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| segrega | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| segreghiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| segregate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| segregano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| segregavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| segregavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| segregava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| segregavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| segregavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| segregavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| segregai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| segregasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| segregò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| segregammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| segregaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| segregarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| segregherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| segregherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| segregherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| segregheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| segregherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| segregheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| segreghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| segreghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| segreghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| segreghiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| segreghiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| segreghino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| segregassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| segregassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| segregasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| segregassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| segregaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| segregassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| segregherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| segregheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| segregherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| segregheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| segreghereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| segregherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| segrega | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| segreghiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| segregate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| segregando | gerund |
| segregato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal register. Can mean both keeping someone physically locked away and institutional segregation.