Meaning
to suck
- to draw liquid or air into the mouth by using the lips and tongue
- to extract or absorb juice, energy, or moisture from something
In a sentence
Il bambino succhia una caramella alla menta.
The child is sucking on a mint candy.
Perché succhi la bibita con la cannuccia così rumorosamente?
Why are you sucking the drink through the straw so loudly?
Le zanzare non hanno succhiato molto sangue stanotte.
The mosquitoes didn't suck much blood tonight.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| succhiare | infinitive |
| succhio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| succhi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| succhia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| succhiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| succhiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| succhiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| succhiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| succhiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| succhiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| succhiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| succhiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| succhiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| succhiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| succhiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| succhiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| succhiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| succhiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| succhiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| succhierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| succhierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| succhierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| succhieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| succhierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| succhieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| succhi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| succhi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| succhi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| succhiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| succhiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| succhino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| succhiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| succhiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| succhiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| succhiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| succhiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| succhiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| succhierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| succhieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| succhierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| succhieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| succhiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| succhierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| succhia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| succhiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| succhiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| succhiando | gerund |
| succhiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb. Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Can be used figuratively to mean draining someone's energy or resources.