Significado
to border; to confine
- to share a border with (takes 'con')
- to restrict, isolate, or exile someone to a specific place
En una frase
L'Italia confina a nord con la Svizzera e l'Austria.
Italy borders Switzerland and Austria to the north.
Con quale regione confina questo piccolo comune montano?
Which region does this small mountain municipality border?
Durante la malattia, l'hanno confinato nella sua stanza per evitare contagi.
During the illness, they confined him to his room to avoid contagion.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| confinare | infinitive |
| confino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| confini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confiniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| confinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| confinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| confinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| confinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| confinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| confinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| confinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| confinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| confinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| confineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| confinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| confineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| confini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| confini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confiniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| confiniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| confineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| confinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| confiniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| confinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| confinando | gerund |
| confinato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- When meaning 'to border on', it is intransitive, takes avere, and is followed by 'con'.
- When meaning 'to confine/banish', it is transitive and takes avere.