Meaning
to affiliate, enroll
- to officially attach, connect, or enroll someone or an organization into a larger group
- to initiate or induct someone into an association, syndicate, or clan
In a sentence
L'associazione sportiva ha deciso di affiliare il proprio circolo alla federazione.
The sports club decided to affiliate its branch with the federation.
La polizia ha arrestato diversi affiliati al clan mafioso locale.
Police arrested several members affiliated with the local mafia clan.
Molti sindacati locali scelgono di affiliarsi a organizzazioni nazionali più grandi.
Many local unions choose to affiliate with larger national organizations.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affiliare | infinitive |
| affilio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affili | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affilia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affiliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affiliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affiliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affiliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affiliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affiliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affiliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affiliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affiliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affiliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affiliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affiliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affiliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affiliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affiliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affilierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affilierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affilierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affilieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affilierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affilieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affili | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affili | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affili | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affiliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affiliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affilino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affiliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affiliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affiliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affiliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affiliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affiliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affilierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affilieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affilierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affilieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affiliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affilierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affilia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affiliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affiliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affiliando | gerund |
| affiliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- The past participle 'affiliato' is frequently used as a noun meaning 'member' or 'associate' (often of an organized crime clan).