Meaning
to concentrate, to focus
- to gather, to bring together
In a sentence
Dobbiamo concentrare tutte le nostre risorse su questo progetto.
We must concentrate all our resources on this project.
Non riesco a concentrarmi con tutto questo rumore.
I can't concentrate with all this noise.
Hai concentrato tutto il lavoro in un giorno?
Did you concentrate all the work into one day?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| concentrare | infinitive |
| concentriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| concentro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| concentrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concentri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concentrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concentra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concentravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| concentravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| concentravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| concentravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| concentravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concentrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| concentrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| concentrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| concentraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| concentrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| concentrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| concentrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| concentreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| concentrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| concentrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| concentrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| concentreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| concentrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| concentriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| concentri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| concentriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concentri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concentrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concentri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concentrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| concentrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| concentraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| concentrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| concentrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concentrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| concentreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| concentrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| concentrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concentreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concentrerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concentrerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concentriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| concentrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| concentra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| concentrando | gerund |
| concentrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use concentrare for directing things into one place or point; focus is often more mental, while raccogliere stresses physically gathering.
- Very common reflexive: concentrarsi su means to focus on. Learners often forget su or wrongly use a direct object.
- In compound tenses, transitive concentrare takes avere; reflexive concentrarsi takes essere, with past participle agreement when needed.