Meaning
to stun, daze
- to make someone dazed, dizzy, or unable to think clearly (via a blow, noise, or smell)
- to overwhelm or disorient emotionally or mentally
In a sentence
Il rumore del traffico intenso stordisce chiunque passi per quella via.
The noise of heavy traffic dazes anyone walking along that street.
La caduta improvvisa lo ha stordito per diversi minuti.
The sudden fall stunned him for several minutes.
L'odore forte della vernice non ti stordisce?
Doesn't the strong smell of paint make you dizzy?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stordire | infinitive |
| stordisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| stordisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stordisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stordiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| stordite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stordiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stordivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stordivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stordiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stordivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stordivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stordivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stordii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| stordisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| stordì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| stordimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| stordiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| stordirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| stordirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| stordirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| stordirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| stordiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| stordirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| stordiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| stordisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| stordisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stordisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stordiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| stordiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stordiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stordissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stordissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stordisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stordissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stordiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stordissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stordirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| stordiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stordirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stordiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| stordireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stordirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stordisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| stordiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| stordite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| stordendo | gerund |
| stordito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Follows the '-isc-' conjugation pattern in the present tense (stordisco, stordisci, etc.).
- Takes 'avere' in transitive uses; the reflexive 'stordirsi' takes 'essere'.