heypolyglot
Italian

surfare

/surˈfa.re/verbC1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 23,354

Meaning

to surf

  • to ride ocean waves on a surfboard
  • to browse or navigate the web

In a sentence

Durante le vacanze estive andiamo spesso a surfare sulle coste dell'Atlantico.

During summer holidays we often go surfing on the Atlantic coast.

Hai mai surfato su onde alte più di tre metri?

Have you ever surfed on waves higher than three meters?

Oggi il mare è calmo e non si può surfare.

Today the sea is calm and you cannot surf.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
surfareinfinitive
surfoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
surfiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
surfaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
surfiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
surfateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
surfanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
surfavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
surfaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
surfavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
surfavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
surfavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
surfavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
surfaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
surfastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
surfòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
surfammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
surfasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
surfaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
surferòindicative · future · singular · 1st person
surferaiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
surferàindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
surferemoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
surfereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
surferannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
surfisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
surfisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
surfisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
surfiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
surfiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
surfinosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
surfassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
surfassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
surfassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
surfassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
surfastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
surfasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
surfereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
surferesticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
surferebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
surferemmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
surferesteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
surferebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
surfaimperative · singular · 2nd person
surfiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
surfateimperative · plural · 2nd person
surfandogerund
surfatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • An English loanword conjugated as a regular first-conjugation (-are) verb.
  • Takes 'avere' in compound tenses: 'ho surfato'.
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