Meaning
to collaborate, cooperate, contribute
In a sentence
Lavoriamo insieme e collaboriamo senza problemi.
We work together and collaborate without problems.
Hai collaborato con Marco per il progetto?
Did you collaborate with Marco on the project?
Non voglio collaborare con chi non ascolta.
I don't want to cooperate with someone who doesn't listen.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| collaborare | infinitive |
| collaboriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| collaboro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| collaborate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| collabori | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| collaborano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| collabora | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| collaboravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| collaboravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| collaboravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| collaboravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| collaboravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| collaborava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| collaborammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| collaborai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| collaboraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| collaborasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| collaborarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| collaborò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| collaboreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| collaborerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| collaborerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| collaborerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| collaboreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| collaborerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| collaboriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| collabori | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| collaboriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| collabori | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| collaborino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| collabori | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| collaborassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| collaborassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| collaboraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| collaborassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| collaborassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| collaborasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| collaboreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| collaborerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| collaborereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| collaboreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| collaborerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| collaborerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| collaboriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| collaborate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| collabora | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| collaborando | gerund |
| collaborato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use collaborare con someone and collaborare a/per something less often; con is the safest preposition for working together with people or organizations.
- For criminal contexts, Italians often prefer fare da complice or essere complice, not collaborare, unless the context is clearly neutral.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ho collaborato, not sono collaborato.