Meaning
to transform, turn into
- to completely change or convert something into something else
In a sentence
Gli antichi alchimisti cercavano di tramutare i metalli vili in oro.
Ancient alchemists tried to turn base metals into gold.
L'artista ha saputo tramutare la propria sofferenza in un'opera straordinaria.
The artist managed to turn his suffering into an extraordinary work of art.
Con il tempo, quella forte rivalità si è tramutata in sincera stima reciproca.
Over time, that intense rivalry turned into genuine mutual respect.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tramutare | infinitive |
| tramuto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tramuti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tramuta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tramutiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tramutate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tramutano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tramutavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tramutavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tramutava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tramutavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tramutavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tramutavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tramutai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tramutasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tramutò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tramutammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tramutaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tramutarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tramuterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tramuterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tramuterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tramuteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tramuterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tramuteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tramuti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tramuti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tramuti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tramutiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tramutiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tramutino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tramutassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tramutassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tramutasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tramutassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tramutaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tramutassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tramuterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tramuteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tramuterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tramuteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tramutereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tramuterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tramuta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tramutiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tramutate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tramutando | gerund |
| tramutato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More elevated or literary than everyday 'trasformare'.
- Almost always used transitively with the preposition 'in' ('tramutare X in Y'), or reflexively ('tramutarsi in').