Meaning
to enlarge
- to increase, to expand, to amplify
In a sentence
Vorrei ampliare la cucina prima dell'estate.
I'd like to enlarge the kitchen before summer.
Hai deciso di ampliare il tuo negozio?
Have you decided to expand your shop?
Abbiamo ampliato il servizio anche la sera.
We expanded the service to the evening as well.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ampliare | infinitive |
| ampliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| amplio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ampliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ampli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ampliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| amplia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ampliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ampliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ampliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ampliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ampliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ampliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ampliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ampliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ampliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ampliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ampliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ampliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| amplieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| amplierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| amplierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| amplierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| amplieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| amplierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ampliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ampli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ampliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ampli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| amplino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ampli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ampliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ampliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ampliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ampliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ampliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ampliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| amplieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| amplierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ampliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| amplieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| amplierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| amplierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ampliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ampliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| amplia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ampliando | gerund |
| ampliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal than allargare. Use ampliare for scope, options, business, roads, or spaces; allargare is more everyday for making something physically wider.
- Common with abstract nouns: ampliare le conoscenze, la gamma, l'offerta, gli orizzonti. Sounds natural in academic, business, and administrative contexts.
- Regular -are verb; takes avere in compound tenses: ho ampliato il negozio. Not essere.