Meaning
to wake up, to awaken
- to wake
- to wake up
In a sentence
Non svegliare il bambino.
Don't wake the baby.
Il caffè mi sveglia.
Coffee wakes me up.
Ti ha svegliato il rumore?
Did the noise wake you up?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| svegliare | infinitive |
| svegliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sveglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| svegliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svegli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svegliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sveglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svegliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| svegliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| svegliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| svegliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| svegliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svegliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| svegliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| svegliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| svegliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| svegliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| svegliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| svegliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sveglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sveglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sveglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sveglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sveglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sveglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| svegliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| svegli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| svegliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svegli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sveglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svegli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svegliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| svegliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| svegliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| svegliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| svegliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svegliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sveglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sveglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| svegliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sveglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sveglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sveglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svegliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| svegliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sveglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| svegliando | gerund |
| svegliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually reflexive for waking oneself: svegliarsi. Transitive svegliare needs a direct object: Sveglio i bambini alle sette.
- Past tense with essere in the reflexive: mi sono svegliato/a. Agree the participle with the subject.
- For alarm clocks, Italians often say la sveglia suona rather than using svegliare directly.