Significado
to feel, to test
- To touch or explore with the fingers or hands to examine something.
- Figuratively, to gauge or sound out opinions or conditions.
En una frase
Prima di fare una proposta ufficiale, preferisco tastare il terreno con i colleghi.
Before making an official proposal, I prefer to test the waters with colleagues.
Il medico gli ha tastato l'addome per individuare il dolore.
The doctor felt his abdomen to locate the pain.
Al buio cercava le chiavi tastando la superficie della scrivania.
In the dark, he was searching for the keys feeling the surface of the desk.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| tastare | infinitive |
| tasto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tasti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tasta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tastiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tastate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tastano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tastavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tastavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tastava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tastavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tastavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tastavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tastai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tastasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tastò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tastammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tastaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tastarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tasterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tasterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tasterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tasteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tasterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tasteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tastiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tastiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tastino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tastassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tastassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tastasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tastassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tastaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tastassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tasterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tasteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tasterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tasteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tastereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tasterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tasta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tastiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tastate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tastando | gerund |
| tastato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- The idiom 'tastare il terreno' translates literally as 'feel the ground' and means 'to test the waters'.