Meaning
to delete, to rub out
- to erase, delete
- to cross out
- to cancel
In a sentence
Ho cancellato il file per sbaglio ieri sera.
I deleted the file by mistake last night.
Puoi cancellare questa parola con la gomma?
Can you erase this word with the eraser?
Hanno cancellato la riunione di domani mattina.
They canceled tomorrow morning's meeting.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cancellare | infinitive |
| cancelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cancello | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cancellate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cancelli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cancella | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cancellavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cancellavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cancellavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cancellavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cancellava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cancellammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cancellai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cancellaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cancellasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cancellò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cancelleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cancellerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cancellerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cancellerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cancelleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cancellerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cancelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cancelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cancelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cancelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cancelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cancellassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cancellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cancellaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cancellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cancellasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cancelleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cancellerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cancellereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cancelleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cancellerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cancelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cancellate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cancella | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cancellando | gerund |
| cancellato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use cancellare for deleting text, files, appointments, or reservations. For physically erasing pencil, Italians also often say gommare in school contexts.
- For flights, trains, or events, cancellare is standard. Annullare is often more formal or bureaucratic for contracts, orders, or legal acts.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho cancellato il file. With object pronouns, agreement is possible: l'ho cancellata.