Meaning
to conceive
In a sentence
Non riesco a concepire una vita senza musica.
I can't conceive of a life without music.
Hai concepito tu questa idea per il video?
Did you come up with this idea for the video?
Abbiamo concepito il progetto in pochi giorni.
We conceived the project in just a few days.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| concepire | infinitive |
| concepiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| concepisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| concepite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concepisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concepiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concepisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concepivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| concepivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| concepivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| concepivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| concepivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concepiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| concepimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| concepii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| concepiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| concepisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| concepirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| concepì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| concepiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| concepirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| concepirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| concepirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| concepiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| concepirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| concepiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| concepisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| concepiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concepisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concepiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concepisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concepissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| concepissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| concepiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| concepissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| concepissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concepisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| concepiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| concepirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| concepireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concepiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concepirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concepirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concepiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| concepite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| concepisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| concependo | gerund |
| concepito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal than pensare or immaginare when meaning “to conceive of” an idea or plan.
- For pregnancy, use avere concepito in formal contexts; everyday Italian more often says rimanere incinta or aspettare un bambino.
- Usually takes avere as auxiliary: ha concepito un progetto. Past participle is concepito.