Meaning
to centralize
- to concentrate control, authority, or operations under a single central point
- in automotive contexts: 'chiusura centralizzata' means central locking
In a sentence
La dirigenza ha deciso di centralizzare tutti gli acquisti aziendali.
The management decided to centralize all company purchases.
La mia vecchia auto non ha la chiusura centralizzata.
My old car doesn't have central locking.
Centralizzare la gestione dei dati riduce notevolmente gli errori umani.
Centralizing data management considerably reduces human errors.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| centralizzare | infinitive |
| centralizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| centralizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| centralizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| centralizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| centralizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| centralizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| centralizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| centralizzando | gerund |
| centralizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- The past participle 'centralizzato' is widely used as an adjective (e.g. 'riscaldamento centralizzato', 'chiusura centralizzata').