Meaning
to tremble, shake, shiver, shudder
In a sentence
Sto tremando dal freddo fuori senza giacca.
I'm shivering from the cold outside without a jacket.
Perché tremi quando parli con il capo?
Why do you tremble when you talk to your boss?
Non ho tremato durante il film horror.
I didn't shudder during the horror movie.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tremare | infinitive |
| tremiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tremo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tremate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tremi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tremano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trema | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tremavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tremavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tremavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tremavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tremavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tremava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tremammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tremai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tremaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tremasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tremarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tremò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tremeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tremerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tremerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tremerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tremeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tremerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tremiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tremi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tremiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tremi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tremino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tremi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tremassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tremassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tremaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tremassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tremassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tremasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tremeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tremerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tremereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tremeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tremerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tremerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tremiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tremate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| trema | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tremando | gerund |
| tremato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use tremare for physical shaking from cold, fear, or weakness; rabbrividire is more specifically a shiver, often brief or from emotion.
- It commonly takes avere in compound tenses: ha tremato. Don't use essere.
- Often followed by di + noun: tremare di paura, di freddo, di rabbia.