Meaning
put in context
- to place something in its context in order to understand it better
- to explain something by relating it to its time, situation, or background
In a sentence
Il professore ha contestualizzato il brano prima della lettura.
The teacher put the passage in context before the reading.
Puoi contestualizzare meglio questa citazione?
Can you put this quotation in context better?
Non si può contestualizzare il testo senza conoscere l'autore.
You cannot put the text in context without knowing the author.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| contestualizzare | infinitive |
| contestualizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| contestualizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contestualizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contestualizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| contestualizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| contestualizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| contestualizzando | gerund |
| contestualizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Frequent in study and analysis: contestualizzare un testo, un fatto, una citazione.
- Often followed by object only; context is implied or expressed with in.
- More formal than spiegare or inquadrare.