Meaning
to calculate, work out
- to reckon
In a sentence
Devo calcolare il totale prima di pagare.
I need to calculate the total before paying.
Hai calcolato quanto tempo ci vuole in auto?
Did you work out how long it takes by car?
Non avevamo calcolato il traffico dell'ora di punta.
We hadn't factored in the rush-hour traffic.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| calcolare | infinitive |
| calcoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| calcolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| calcolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| calcoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| calcola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| calcolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| calcolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| calcolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| calcolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| calcolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| calcolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| calcolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| calcolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| calcolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| calcolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| calcoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| calcolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| calcolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| calcolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| calcoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| calcolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| calcoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| calcoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| calcoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| calcoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| calcoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| calcolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| calcolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| calcolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| calcolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| calcolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| calcoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| calcolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| calcolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| calcoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| calcolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| calcoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| calcolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| calcola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| calcolando | gerund |
| calcolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use calcolare for math, estimates, or planning. For a quick guess in speech, stimare or fare due conti can sound more natural.
- In colloquial Italian, non ti calcolo / non mi calcola means ignore, not calculate. It is informal and common in speech.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ho calcolato, not sono calcolato.