Meaning
humour, indulge, accommodate
- to satisfy, indulge, or go along with someone's wishes, inclinations, or whims
- to adapt to or facilitate a natural movement or process
In a sentence
Non dovresti sempre assecondare tutti i suoi capricci.
You shouldn't always indulge all of his whims.
I genitori hanno cercato di assecondare le inclinazioni artistiche della figlia.
The parents tried to support their daughter's artistic inclinations.
Per evitare discussioni inutili, ho deciso di assecondarlo.
To avoid pointless arguments, I decided to humour him.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| assecondare | infinitive |
| assecondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| assecondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| asseconda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assecondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| assecondate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assecondano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assecondavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| assecondavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| assecondava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| assecondavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| assecondavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| assecondavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| assecondai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| assecondasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| assecondò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| assecondammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| assecondaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| assecondarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| asseconderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| asseconderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| asseconderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| asseconderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| asseconderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| asseconderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| assecondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| assecondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Takes a direct object without preposition: assecondare qualcuno / i desideri di qualcuno.