Meaning
to hire, to enlist
- To hire or enlist someone for mercenary, covert, or illicit services.
In a sentence
Il nobile ha assoldato un gruppo di mercenari per difendere il castello.
The nobleman hired a group of mercenaries to defend the castle.
Hanno scoperto chi aveva assoldato gli investigatori privati.
They discovered who had hired the private investigators.
Non è facile assoldare persone fidate per una simile missione.
It is not easy to recruit trustworthy people for such a mission.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| assoldare | infinitive |
| assoldo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| assoldi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| assolda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assoldiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| assoldate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assoldano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assoldavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| assoldavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| assoldava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| assoldavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| assoldavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| assoldavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| assoldai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| assoldasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| assoldò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| assoldammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| assoldaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| assoldarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| assolderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| assolderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| assolderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| assolderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| assolderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| assolderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| assoldi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| assoldi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| assoldi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assoldiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| assoldiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assoldino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assoldassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| assoldassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| assoldasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| assoldassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| assoldaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| assoldassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| assolderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| assolderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| assolderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assolderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| assoldereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assolderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assolda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| assoldiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| assoldate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| assoldando | gerund |
| assoldato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Has strong connotations of recruiting mercenaries, criminals, or hitmen; not used for regular employment.