Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for sharpen is affilare
The Italian word for sharpen, is the regular -ARE verb affilare.... imagine AH, FEEL LARRY has sharpened that knife!
Affilare is conjugated like thousands of other -ARE verbs.
Affilare can also mean: to grind, to hone, to strop, to make thinner.
Related words include:
- affilarsi (vr) : to get thinner.
- l'affilatoio (nm) : sharpener.
- l'affilacoltelli (nm) : knife-sharpener.
Sharpen your wits and learn Italian with innovative techniques like Cartoon Memory Triggers. To remember a word, just think of the pic!
Imagine you AH, FEEL LARRY has sharpened
that knife!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente sharpen |
affilo | affili | affila | affiliamo | affilate | affilano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto sharpened |
affilavo | affilavi | affilava | affilavamo | affilavate | affilavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto sharpened |
affilai | affilasti | affilò | affilammo | affilaste | affilarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will sharpen |
affilerò | affilerai | affilerà | affileremo | affilerete | affileranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would sharpen |
affilerei | affileresti | affilerebbe | affileremmo | affilereste | affilerebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may sharpen |
affili | affili | affili | affiliamo | affiliate | affilino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have sharpened |
ho affilato | hai affilato | ha affilato | abbiamo affilato | avete affilato | hanno affilato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had sharpened |
avevo affilato | avevi affilato | aveva affilato | avevamo affilato | avevate affilato | avevano affilato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have sharpened |
avrò affilato | avrai affilato | avrà affilato | avremo affilato | avrete affilato | avranno affilato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have sharpened |
avrei affilato | avresti affilato | avrebbe affilato | avremmo affilato | avreste affilato | avrebbero affilato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have sharpened |
abbia affilato | abbia affilato | abbia affilato | abbiamo affilato | abbiate affilato | abbiano affilato |
| Imperative Imperativo sharpen! |
affila! non affilare! |
(non) affili! | (non) affiliamo! | (non) affilate! | (non) affilino! | |
✔ Affilare is a regular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
✔ Learn affilare and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other -ARE verbs.
✔ Do the daily verb every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the -ARE verbs' conjugation patterns. Each month a new family of verbs is featured.
More Verbs like the Italian for sharpen - affilare✔ There are many more Italian Verb Tables like this one.✔ YOU can easily add these daily Italian verb lessons to YOUR website - free by copying and pasting some code we give you. ✔ You can more easily remember words and verbs like the Italian for sharpen - affilare using the techniques of the world's Memory Masters. |
Subscribe NOW to the FREE email Learn Italian NewsletterBefore you go, be sure to SUBSCRIBE NOW to get your FREE email Learn Italian Newsletter below. Every week you will get a selection of Italian Learning material and a verb of the week, cartoon Memory Trigger and items of interest to the student of Italian: |
Transcity Properties Ltd trading as exceltra, 32 Alverton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 5EF, United Kingdom
Serving fast language learning to the world including Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia and the Americas. ©
Italian Learning Made Fun and Fast with your free Daily Italian Verb Lesson - affilare.