Meaning
to crawl; to swipe; to rub
- to crawl, to creep
- to swipe (a card)
- to rub against, to drag
- to scrape, to graze (e.g. a car)
In a sentence
Il gatto striscia sotto il letto quando ha paura.
The cat crawls under the bed when it's scared.
Non strisciare contro il muro con la giacca.
Don't rub your jacket against the wall.
Non mi piace chi striscia davanti al capo per fare carriera.
I don't like people who grovel to the boss to get ahead.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| strisciare | infinitive |
| strisciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| striscio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| strisciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| strisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| strisciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| striscia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| strisciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| strisciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| strisciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| strisciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| strisciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| strisciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| strisciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| strisciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| strisciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| strisciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| strisciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| strisciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| strisceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| striscerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| striscerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| striscerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| strisceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| striscerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| strisciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| strisci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| strisciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- For physical movement, strisciare often takes essere in compound tenses: il serpente è strisciato via.
- Use trascinare, not strisciare, when you mean pulling something along by force over a distance.
- Strisciare contro qualcosa means rub against something; learners often wrongly use it for generic stroking or polishing.