Meaning
to compromise, to jeopardize
- to compromise, to jeopardize, to damage
- to damage someone's reputation
In a sentence
Non voglio compromettere il nostro rapporto per soldi.
I don't want to jeopardize our relationship over money.
Hai compromesso il computer con quel download?
Did you damage the computer with that download?
Le bugie hanno compromesso la sua reputazione al lavoro.
The lies damaged his reputation at work.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| compromettere | infinitive |
| compromettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| comprometto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| compromettete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| comprometti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| compromettono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| compromette | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| compromettevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| compromettevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| compromettevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| compromettevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| compromettevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| comprometteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| compromettemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| compromisi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| comprometteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| compromettesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| compromisero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| compromise | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| comprometteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| comprometterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| comprometterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| comprometterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| comprometteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| comprometterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| compromettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| comprometta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| compromettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| comprometta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| compromettano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| comprometta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| compromettessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| compromettessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| comprometteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| compromettessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| compromettessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| compromettesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| comprometteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| comprometterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| compromettereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| comprometteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| comprometterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| comprometterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| compromettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| compromettete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| comprometti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| compromettendo | gerund |
| compromesso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used in formal or neutral contexts: compromettere la salute, la sicurezza, il risultato. In casual speech, rovinare or mettere a rischio may sound more natural.
- Use direct object: compromettere qualcosa. For 'put at risk,' Italian often prefers compromettere + noun, not a preposition-based structure.
- With reputation or image, Italians often say compromettere la reputazione / l'immagine di qualcuno; this sounds stronger and more formal than fare brutta figura.
- past participle compromesso