Meaning
to use
- to act
In a sentence
Puoi adoperare il mio computer per un'ora?
Can you use my computer for an hour?
Ieri ho adoperato una penna nuova al lavoro.
Yesterday I used a new pen at work.
Se vuoi cambiare le cose, adoperati subito.
If you want to change things, act right away.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| adoperare | infinitive |
| adoperiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| adopero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| adoperate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adoperi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adoperano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adopera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adoperavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| adoperavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| adoperavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| adoperavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| adoperavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| adoperava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| adoperammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| adoperai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| adoperaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| adoperasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| adoperarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| adoperò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| adopereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| adopererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| adopererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| adopererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| adopereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| adopererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| adoperiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| adoperi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| adoperiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adoperi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adoperino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adoperi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adoperassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| adoperassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| adoperaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| adoperassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| adoperassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| adoperasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| adopereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| adopererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| adoperereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adopereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adopererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adopererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adoperiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| adoperate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| adopera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| adoperando | gerund |
| adoperato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and literary than usare. In everyday speech, Italians usually say usare.
- Often appears reflexively as adoperarsi, meaning to make an effort or take action, not simply 'use oneself.'
- With adoperarsi, use essere in compound tenses: si è adoperato/a. Non-reflexive adoperare takes avere.