Meaning
to disguise, dress up
- to disguise or dress up someone in a costume
- (reflexive, travestirsi) to disguise oneself or dress up in a costume
In a sentence
Per Carnevale i bambini amano travestirsi da supereroi.
For Carnival, children love dressing up as superheroes.
Da cosa ti travesti per la festa di Halloween?
What are you dressing up as for the Halloween party?
La spia si è travestita da cameriere per non farsi notare.
The spy disguised himself as a waiter to avoid being noticed.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| travestire | infinitive |
| travesto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| travesti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| traveste | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| travestiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| travestite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| travestono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| travestivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| travestivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| travestiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| travestivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| travestivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| travestivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| travestii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| travestisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| travestì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| travestimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| travestiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| travestirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| travestirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| travestirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| travestirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| travestiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| travestirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| travestiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| travesta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| travesta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| travesta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| travestiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| travestiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| travestano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| travestissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| travestissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| travestisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| travestissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| travestiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| travestissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| travestirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| travestiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| travestirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| travestiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| travestireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| travestirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| travesti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| travestiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| travestite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| travestendo | gerund |
| travestito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most commonly used reflexively: 'travestirsi da...' means 'to dress up as...'.
- Takes 'avere' in transitive uses and 'essere' in the reflexive form 'travestirsi'.