Meaning
to tow, pull, drive
- to pull, drag, or tow a vehicle or object
- to drive, lead, or boost (an economy, growth, a trend)
In a sentence
Il carro attrezzi ha dovuto trainare l'auto fino all'officina.
The tow truck had to tow the car to the garage.
Le esportazioni continuano a trainare la crescita del paese.
Exports continue to drive the country's growth.
Non possiamo trainare una roulotte così pesante con questa macchina.
We cannot tow such a heavy caravan with this car.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| trainare | infinitive |
| traino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| traini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| traina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trainiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| trainate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trainano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trainavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trainavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trainava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trainavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trainavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trainavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trainai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| trainasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| trainò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| trainammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| trainaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| trainarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| trainerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| trainerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| trainerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| traineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| trainerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| traineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| traini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| traini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| traini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trainiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| trainiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trainino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trainassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trainassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trainasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trainassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trainaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trainassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trainerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| traineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trainerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| traineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| trainereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trainerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| traina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| trainiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| trainate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| trainando | gerund |
| trainato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Very common in economic journalism for sectors that 'drive' growth.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses.