Meaning
to stretch out (one's arms, etc.)
- to hang out (washing)
- to roll out (pasta, dough)
- to stretch out
- to draw up, to draft
In a sentence
Devo stendere le braccia dopo la palestra.
I need to stretch my arms after the gym.
Hai già steso i panni sul balcone?
Have you already hung the laundry out on the balcony?
Stendi la pasta, io preparo il sugo.
Roll out the dough, I'll make the sauce.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stendere | infinitive |
| stendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| stendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| stendete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stendono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stende | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stendevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stendevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stendevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stendevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stendevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stendeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stendemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| stesi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| stendeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| stendesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| stesero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| stese | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| stenderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| stenderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| stenderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| stenderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| stenderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| stenderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| stendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| stenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| stendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stendano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stendessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stendeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stendessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stendesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stenderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| stenderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| stendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stenderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stenderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stenderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| stendete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| stendi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| stendendo | gerund |
| steso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For laundry, Italians usually say stendere i panni, not appendere i vestiti, unless you mean hanging clothes on hangers.
- Use stendere for rolling dough or pizza; tirare can overlap, but stendere stresses spreading it flat on a surface.
- As a transitive verb, it takes avere in compound tenses: ho steso il bucato. Reflexive stendersi takes essere: mi sono steso.
- past participle steso