Meaning
to approve (of)
- to approve, agree with
- to approve, pass (a law, plan)
In a sentence
Non approvo questo comportamento in classe.
I don't approve of this behavior in class.
Hai approvato il nuovo piano del team?
Did you approve the team's new plan?
Il parlamento ha approvato la nuova legge sul lavoro.
Parliament approved the new labor law.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| approvare | infinitive |
| approviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| approvo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| approvate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| approvi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| approvano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| approva | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| approvavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| approvavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| approvavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| approvavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| approvavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| approvava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| approvammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| approvai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| approvaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| approvasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| approvarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| approvò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| approveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| approverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| approverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| approverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| approveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| approverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| approviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| approvi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| approviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| approvi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| approvino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| approvi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| approvassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| approvassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| approvaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| approvassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| approvassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| approvasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| approveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| approverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| approvereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| approveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| approverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| approverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| approviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| approvate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| approva | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| approvando | gerund |
| approvato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use approvare for formal approval: laws, budgets, proposals. For liking an idea or behavior, Italians often prefer essere d'accordo or andare bene.
- Approve of someone’s behavior is approvare qualcosa, not usually approvare di. Example: Non approvo il suo comportamento.
- In school contexts, approvare can mean pass a candidate, but promuovere is more common for moving a student to the next year.