Meaning
to sterilize
- To make something free from bacteria or other living microorganisms
- To perform a medical procedure to render an animal or human incapable of reproducing
In a sentence
Devi sterilizzare gli strumenti chirurgici prima di ogni intervento.
You must sterilize surgical instruments before every procedure.
Abbiamo deciso di sterilizzare la nostra gatta il mese prossimo.
We decided to have our cat spayed next month.
L'infermiere non ha ancora sterilizzato tutti i barattoli necessari.
The nurse has not yet sterilized all the required jars.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sterilizzare | infinitive |
| sterilizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sterilizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sterilizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sterilizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sterilizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sterilizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sterilizzando | gerund |
| sterilizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb; conjugated with 'avere'.
- Commonly used both for kitchen/medical equipment and for veterinary neutering.