Significado
to stain, spot
- to leave a mark or dirty spot on something
- to add a small dash of milk to coffee or coffee to milk
- reflexive (macchiarsi): to get dirty, stained

En una frase
Attento a non macchiare la camicia bianca con il vino.
Be careful not to stain your white shirt with wine.
Mi macchi il caffè con un goccio di latte freddo?
Could you add a dash of cold milk to my coffee?
Non si è macchiato i pantaloni mentre mangiava.
He didn't stain his pants while eating.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| macchiare | infinitive |
| macchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| macchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| macchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| macchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| macchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| macchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| macchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| macchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| macchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| macchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| macchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| macchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| macchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| macchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| macchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| macchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| macchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| macchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| macchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| macchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| macchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| macchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| macchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| macchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| macchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| macchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| macchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| macchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| macchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| macchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| macchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| macchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| macchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| macchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| macchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| macchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| macchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| macchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| macchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| macchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| macchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| macchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| macchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| macchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| macchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| macchiando | gerund |
| macchiato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- In coffee culture, 'macchiare' means adding a dash of hot or cold milk to espresso ('caffè macchiato').
- Takes 'avere' transitively; the reflexive form 'macchiarsi' uses 'essere'.