Meaning
to drill, bore
- to make a hole in a surface using a drill
- to pierce or penetrate deeply and painfully
In a sentence
Devo trapanare la parete per appendere questo quadro pesante.
I need to drill the wall to hang this heavy painting.
I vicini hanno trapanato per tutta la mattina senza sosta.
The neighbors drilled all morning without stopping.
Fai attenzione a non trapanare vicino ai cavi elettrici.
Be careful not to drill near electrical cables.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| trapanare | infinitive |
| trapano | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| trapani | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trapana | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trapaniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| trapanate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trapanavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trapanavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trapanava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trapanavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trapanavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trapanai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| trapanasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| trapanò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| trapanammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| trapanaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| trapanerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| trapanerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| trapanerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| trapaneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| trapanerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| trapaneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| trapani | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| trapani | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trapani | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trapaniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| trapaniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trapanassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trapanassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trapanasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trapanassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trapanaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trapanerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| trapaneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trapanerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trapaneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| trapanereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trapana | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| trapaniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| trapanate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| trapanando | gerund |
| trapanato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Directly related to the tool 'trapano' (drill).
- Often used transitively ('trapanare il muro'), but can describe annoying noises metaphorically.