Meaning
to comment on
- to comment on, discuss
- to annotate, explain
In a sentence
Puoi commentare questo testo per la lezione?
Can you annotate this text for class?
Ieri abbiamo commentato il video insieme.
Yesterday we commented on the video together.
Non commentare ogni piccolo errore, dai.
Don't point out every little mistake, come on.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| commentare | infinitive |
| commentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| commento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| commentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| commenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| commentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| commenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| commentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| commentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| commentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| commentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| commentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| commentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| commentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| commentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| commentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| commentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| commentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| commentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| commenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| commenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| commenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| commenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| commenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| commenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| commentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| commenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| commentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| commenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| commentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| commenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| commentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| commentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| commentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| commentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| commentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| commentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| commenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| commenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| commentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| commenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| commenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| commenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| commentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| commentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| commenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| commentando | gerund |
| commentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use commentare for discussing or reacting to news, events, or posts; for casual chatting, parlare di is often more natural.
- For written notes on a text, annotare is more specific; commentare often implies adding an opinion or explanation.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ho commentato, not sono commentato.