Meaning
to weave
- to form fabric by interlacing threads on a loom
- to construct or plot metaphorically (e.g. praises, intrigues)
In a sentence
In questo villaggio le donne continuano a tessere la lana a mano.
In this village, women continue to weave wool by hand.
Il critico ha tessuto le lodi del nuovo romanzo dell'autore.
The critic sang the praises of the author's new novel.
I cospiratori tessevano nell'ombra una trama contro il governo.
The conspirators were weaving a plot in the shadows against the government.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tessere | infinitive |
| tesso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tessi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tesse | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tessiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tessete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tessono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tessevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tessevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tesseva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tessevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tessevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tessevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tessi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tessesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tessé | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tessemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tesseste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tesserono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tesserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tesserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tesserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tesseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tesserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tesseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tessa | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tessa | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tessa | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tessiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tessiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tessano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tessessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tessessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tessesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tessessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tesseste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tessessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tesserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tesseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tesserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tesseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tessereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tesserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tessi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tessiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tessete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tessendo | gerund |
| tessuto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Past participle is 'tessuto', which is also commonly used as a noun meaning 'fabric' or 'tissue'.