Meaning
dust; wipe dust
- to remove dust from a surface
- to dust furniture or objects
- to sprinkle lightly over food
In a sentence
Ogni sabato spolvero il salotto.
Every Saturday I dust the living room.
Puoi spolverare la mensola oggi?
Can you dust the shelf today?
Non ho ancora spolverato la camera.
I still haven't dusted the room.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spolverare | infinitive |
| spolvero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| spolveri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spolvera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spolveriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spolverate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spolverano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spolveravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spolveravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spolverava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spolveravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spolveravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spolveravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spolverai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spolverasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spolverò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spolverammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spolveraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spolverarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spolvererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spolvererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spolvererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| spolvereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spolvererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| spolvereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| spolveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| spolveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spolveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spolveriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| spolveriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spolverino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spolverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spolverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spolverasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spolverassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spolveraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spolverassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spolvererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| spolvereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spolvererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spolvereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spolverereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spolvererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spolvera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| spolveriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spolverate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spolverando | gerund |
| spolverato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually means cleaning dust off furniture: spolverare i mobili.
- For food, it can mean 'sprinkle lightly': spolverare di zucchero.
- Regular -are verb; usually takes avere in compound tenses.