Meaning
to cancel, to nullify
- to cancel, to call off
- to nullify, to annul
- to cancel (a stamp)
In a sentence
Hanno annullato il concerto per la pioggia.
They canceled the concert because of the rain.
Puoi annullare l'ordine prima che parta?
Can you cancel the order before it ships?
Il giudice ha deciso di annullare la sentenza.
The judge decided to overturn the ruling.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| annullare | infinitive |
| annulliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| annullo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| annullate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| annulli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| annullano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| annulla | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| annullavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| annullavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| annullavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| annullavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| annullavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| annullava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| annullammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| annullai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| annullaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| annullasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| annullarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| annullò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| annulleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| annullerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| annullerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| annullerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| annulleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| annullerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| annulliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| annulli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| annulliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| annulli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| annullino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| annulli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| annullassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| annullassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| annullaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| annullassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| annullassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| annullasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| annulleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| annullerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| annullereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| annulleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| annullerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| annullerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| annulliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| annullate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| annulla | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| annullando | gerund |
| annullato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use annullare for bookings, orders, meetings, or legal acts. For subscriptions or appointments, cancellare is often more common in everyday speech.
- In legal and formal contexts, annullare sounds more precise than cancellare: annullare un contratto, annullare una sentenza.
- With compound tenses, it usually takes avere: ho annullato la prenotazione.