Meaning
to sift, comb through
- To search or comb an area systematically looking for someone or something
- To pass something through a sieve or strainer (e.g. flour, soil)
In a sentence
La polizia ha setacciato il bosco per ore alla ricerca dell'escursionista disperso.
The police combed the woods for hours in search of the missing hiker.
Prima di preparare la torta, devi setacciare bene la farina col lievito.
Before making the cake, you must sift the flour well with the baking powder.
Gli investigatori non hanno ancora setacciato tutti i documenti dell'archivio.
The investigators haven't combed through all the archive documents yet.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| setacciare | infinitive |
| setaccio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| setacci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| setaccia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| setacciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| setacciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| setacciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| setacciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| setacciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| setacciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| setacciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| setacciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| setacciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| setacciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| setacciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| setacciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| setacciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| setacciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| setacciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| setaccerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| setaccerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| setaccerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| setacceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| setaccerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| setacceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| setacci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| setacci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| setacci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| setacciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| setacciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| setaccino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| setacciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| setacciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| setacciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| setacciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| setacciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| setacciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| setaccerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| setacceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| setaccerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| setacceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| setaccereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| setaccerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| setaccia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| setacciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| setacciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| setacciando | gerund |
| setacciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -iare verb: drops the 'i' before 'e' or another 'i' (e.g. 'setaccerò', 'setacciamo').
- Often used in police or military news reports for scouring a territory.