Significado
to light
- to enlighten
- to dawn on

En una frase
Puoi illuminare la stanza con questa lampada?
Can you light the room with this lamp?
Il suo esempio mi ha illuminato molto.
His example really enlightened me.
Un sorriso improvviso le ha illuminato il viso.
A sudden smile lit up her face.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| illuminare | infinitive |
| illuminiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| illumino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| illuminate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| illumini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| illumina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| illuminavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| illuminavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| illuminavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| illuminavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| illuminava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| illuminammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| illuminai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| illuminaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| illuminasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| illuminò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| illumineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| illuminerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| illuminerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| illuminerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| illumineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| illuminerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| illuminiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| illumini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| illuminiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| illumini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| illumini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| illuminassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| illuminassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| illuminaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| illuminassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| illuminasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| illumineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| illuminerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| illuminereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| illumineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| illuminerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| illuminiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| illuminate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| illumina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| illuminando | gerund |
| illuminato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- For switching on a lamp, Italians often prefer accendere; illuminare stresses spreading light over a space or object.
- Use essere in compound tenses: la stanza si è illuminata. Transitive forms take avere: ho illuminato la strada.
- Figurative use is common in formal or literary contexts: illuminare un problema, un dibattito, una mente.