Meaning
to silence
- to silence someone, making them stop talking or making noise
- to quiet down or subdue opposition or criticism
In a sentence
Il professore ha zittito la classe con un solo sguardo.
The teacher silenced the class with a single look.
Perché cerchi sempre di zittirmi quando esprimo la mia opinione?
Why do you always try to silence me when I express my opinion?
L'attaccante ha zittito le critiche segnando due gol spettacolari.
The striker silenced the critics by scoring two spectacular goals.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| zittire | infinitive |
| zittisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| zittisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| zittisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| zittiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| zittite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| zittiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| zittivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| zittivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| zittiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| zittivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| zittivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| zittivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| zittii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| zittisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| zittì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| zittimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| zittiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| zittirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| zittirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| zittirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| zittirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| zittiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| zittirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| zittiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| zittisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| zittisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| zittisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| zittiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| zittiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| zittiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| zittissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| zittissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| zittisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| zittissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| zittiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| zittissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| zittirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| zittiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| zittirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| zittiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| zittireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| zittirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| zittisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| zittiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| zittite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| zittendo | gerund |
| zittito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- It conjugates like 'finire' with the -isc- infix in the present.
- Reflexive 'zittirsi' means 'to go quiet' or 'to shut up'.