Meaning
to tune, tune in
- To adjust a radio or TV receiver to receive a particular broadcast frequency.
- Reflexively (sintonizzarsi): to tune into a channel or station; figuratively, to align oneself with someone or something.
In a sentence
Devi sintonizzare il televisore per vedere i nuovi canali digitali.
You have to tune the television to see the new digital channels.
Ci siamo sintonizzati sulla frequenza radio per ascoltare il notiziario.
We tuned in to the radio frequency to listen to the news.
Non riesco a sintonizzare questa stazione perché il segnale è debole.
I cannot tune into this station because the signal is weak.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sintonizzare | infinitive |
| sintonizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sintonizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sintonizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sintonizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sintonizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sintonizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sintonizzando | gerund |
| sintonizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'.
- The pronominal reflexive form 'sintonizzarsi su' means 'to tune in to (a station/frequency)'.