colpirai

Colpirai is the second-person singular future indicative form of the Italian verb colpire, meaning you will strike or you will hit. It is used to describe a future action performed by the subject you.

Etymology and meaning: Colpire comes from a Latin root related to blows or impacts, with colpo meaning a hit or blow. The verb denotes the act of striking, hitting, or affecting something or someone physically or figuratively.

Conjugation notes: In the future indicative, colpire follows a regular pattern for -ire verbs with the stem colpir-. The forms are io colpirò, tu colpirai, lui/lei colpirà, noi colpirremo, voi colpirete, loro colpiranno. Colpirai therefore represents the standard future tense for addressing a single second-person subject. Unlike the present tense, which has the -isc- infix in many forms of colpire, the future tense does not.

Usage: Colpirai appears in formal or literary contexts, or in direct statements about a future act. It can be used in storytelling, instructions, or hypothetical scenarios. Examples include: “Se non ti prepari, colpirai il bersaglio domani” and “Tu colpirai al momento giusto.” In everyday speech, speakers may instead use periphrasis or omit the subject pronoun, relying on context to convey the future sense.

Related forms: The verb has many related forms across tenses, moods, and voices (colpire, colpisco in the present, colpito as the past participle, etc.). Understanding colpirai helps with broader Italian verb conjugation and inflection patterns for -ire verbs.