Meaning
to apply, to put, to stick, to spread
- to impose, to enforce
In a sentence
Devo applicare la crema sulle mani secche.
I need to apply cream to my dry hands.
Hai applicato lo sconto anche a questo prodotto?
Did you apply the discount to this product too?
Non applicano sempre le stesse regole qui.
They don't always enforce the same rules here.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| applicare | infinitive |
| applichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| applico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| applicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| applichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| applicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| applica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| applicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| applicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| applicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| applicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| applicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| applicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| applicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| applicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| applicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| applicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| applicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| applicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| applicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| applicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| applicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| applicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| applicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| applicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| applichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| applichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| applichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| applichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| applichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| applichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| applicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| applicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| applicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| applicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| applicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| applicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| applicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| applicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| applichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| applicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| applicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| applicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| applichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| applicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| applica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| applicando | gerund |
| applicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use applicare for rules, methods, discounts, or cream. For submitting to a school or job, Italian usually uses fare domanda or candidarsi, not applicare.
- Applicare often takes a direct object plus a/su: applicare una regola, applicare la crema sul viso.
- In everyday speech, mettere can sound more natural for physically putting something on; applicare is slightly more formal or technical.