Meaning
to deal, traffic, tinker
- to traffic or trade illegally (often with 'in')
- to bustle about or tinker with something (often with 'con' or 'intorno a')
In a sentence
La polizia sospetta che il gruppo traffichi in opere d'arte rubate.
The police suspect that the group deals in stolen artwork.
Che cosa traffichi in garage da stamattina?
What have you been tinkering with in the garage all morning?
Non voglio che tu traffichi con quella gente poco raccomandabile.
I don't want you getting involved with those shady people.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| trafficare | infinitive |
| traffico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| traffichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| traffica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| traffichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| trafficate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trafficavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trafficavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trafficava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trafficavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trafficavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trafficai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| trafficasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| trafficò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| trafficammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| trafficaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| trafficherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| trafficherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| trafficherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| trafficheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| trafficherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| traffichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| traffichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| traffichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| traffichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| traffichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| traffichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trafficassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trafficassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trafficasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trafficassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trafficaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trafficherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| trafficheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trafficherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trafficheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| traffichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| traffica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| traffichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| trafficate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| trafficando | gerund |
| trafficato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Uses 'avere' as its auxiliary in compound tenses.
- Takes 'in' when referring to illegal trading (e.g. trafficare in armi), and 'con' when tinkering.