Significado
to gag, silence
- to put a gag over someone's mouth to prevent them from speaking or shouting
- to suppress freedom of speech or silence dissent (figurative)
Em uma frase
I rapinatori hanno legato e imbavagliato il custode della banca.
The robbers tied up and gagged the bank guard.
La nuova legge mira a imbavagliare la libertà di stampa nel paese.
The new law aims to muzzle freedom of the press in the country.
Nessun governo autoritario riuscirà mai a imbavagliare tutte le voci critiche.
No authoritarian government will ever manage to silence all critical voices.
Formas da palavra (48)
| Palavra | Formas da palavra |
|---|---|
| imbavagliare | infinitive |
| imbavaglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbavagli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavaglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavagliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavagliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavagliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbavagliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavagliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavagliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavagliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavagliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imbavagliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavagliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavagliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavagliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavaglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imbavaglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavaglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavaglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imbavaglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavaglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbavagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavagliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavaglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imbavagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavagliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavagliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavagliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavaglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imbavaglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavaglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imbavaglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavaglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imbavaglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imbavagliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imbavagliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imbavagliando | gerund |
| imbavagliato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Frequently used figuratively in political contexts meaning 'to censor' or 'to stifle debate'.