Meaning
to be absent, step out
- almost exclusively reflexive (assentarsi): to leave a place temporarily or be absent
In a sentence
Mi assento solo cinque minuti per fare una telefonata.
I'm stepping out for just five minutes to make a phone call.
Per quale motivo ti sei assentato dalla riunione?
Why were you absent from the meeting?
Il direttore non si assenta mai durante le ore lavorative.
The director never steps away during working hours.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| assentare | infinitive |
| mi assento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ti assenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| si assenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| vi assentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| si assentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mi assentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ti assentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| si assentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vi assentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| si assentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mi assentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ti assentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| si assentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| vi assentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| si assentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mi assenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ti assenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| si assenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| vi assenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| si assenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mi assenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ti assenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| si assenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| vi assentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| si assentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mi assentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ti assentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| si assentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vi assentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| si assentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mi assenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ti assenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| si assenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ci assenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| vi assentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| si assenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assentati | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| assentiamoci | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| assentatevi | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| assentando | gerund |
| assentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively in the reflexive/pronominal form 'assentarsi'.
- Takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses: 'si è assentato'.
- present: mi assento, ti assenti, si assenta, ci assentiamo, vi assentate, si assentano