Meaning
cough
- to force air out suddenly from the throat with a cough
In a sentence
Sto tossendo da ieri.
I've been coughing since yesterday.
Perché tossisci tanto?
Why are you coughing so much?
Di notte non tossisco.
I don't cough at night.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tossire | infinitive |
| tossisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tossisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tossisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tossiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tossite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tossiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tossivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tossivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tossiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tossivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tossivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tossivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tossii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tossisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tossì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tossimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tossiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tossirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tossirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tossirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tossirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tossiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tossirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tossiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tossisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tossisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tossisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tossiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tossiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tossiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tossissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tossissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tossisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tossissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tossiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tossissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tossirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tossiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tossirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tossiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tossireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tossirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tossisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tossiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tossite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tossendo | gerund |
| tossito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually intransitive: tossire molto, tossire tutta la notte.
- For the noun, use tosse.
- Often used with stare + gerundio for an action happening now.