Meaning
bore, tire, stew
- to bore, annoy, or tire out (informal)
- to get fed up or sick of something (when reflexive, stufarsi)
- to stew or cook slowly in a covered pot
In a sentence
Mi sono stufato di aspettare l'autobus per un'ora ogni giorno.
I got fed up with waiting for the bus for an hour every day.
Questo programma televisivo stufa dopo pochi minuti: cambiamo canale?
This TV show gets boring after a few minutes: shall we change the channel?
Non ti stufi mai di ascoltare sempre la stessa canzone?
Don't you ever get tired of listening to the same song all the time?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stufare | infinitive |
| stufo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| stufi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stufa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stufiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| stufate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stufano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stufavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stufavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stufava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stufavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stufavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stufavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stufai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| stufasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| stufò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| stufammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| stufaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| stufarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| stuferò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| stuferai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| stuferà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| stuferemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| stuferete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| stuferanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| stufi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| stufi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stufi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stufiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| stufiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stufino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stufassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stufassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stufasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stufassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stufaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stufassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stuferei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| stuferesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stuferebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stuferemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| stufereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stuferebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stufa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| stufiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| stufate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| stufando | gerund |
| stufato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: very common colloquially to describe getting fed up or bored.
- The reflexive 'stufarsi (di)' takes 'essere': 'mi sono stufato di aspettare'.