Meaning
to put makeup on
- to apply makeup to someone
- to rig, fix or tamper with (a match, an election, an engine)
In a sentence
Lei si trucca ogni mattina.
She puts on makeup every morning.
Trucchi tua sorella per la festa?
Are you putting makeup on your sister for the party?
Non trucco mai il viso.
I never put makeup on my face.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| truccare | infinitive |
| trucco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| trucci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trucca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trucchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| truccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| truccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| truccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| truccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| truccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| truccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| truccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| truccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| truccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| truccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| truccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| truccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| truccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| truccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| truccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| truccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| truccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| truccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| truccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| truccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| trucci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| trucci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trucci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trucchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| trucciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| truccino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| truccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| truccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| truccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| truccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| truccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| truccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| truccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| truccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| truccerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| truccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| trucchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| truccerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trucca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| trucchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| truccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| truccando | gerund |
| truccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For your own face, Italian often uses the reflexive truccarsi.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses.
- Not the same as vestire: it refers to cosmetics.
- present: trucco, trucci, trucca, trucchiamo, truccate, truccano