Meaning
to summon, to call, to convene
- to convene
- to summon, send for
In a sentence
Il capo ha convocato una riunione per domani mattina.
The boss convened a meeting for tomorrow morning.
Mi hanno convocato in ufficio dopo pranzo.
They summoned me to the office after lunch.
Puoi convocare tutti per le tre?
Can you call everyone in for three?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| convocare | infinitive |
| convochiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| convoco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| convocate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| convochi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| convocano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| convoca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| convocavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| convocavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| convocavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| convocavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| convocavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| convocava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| convocammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| convocai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| convocaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| convocasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| convocarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| convocò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| convocheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| convocherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| convocherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| convocherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| convocheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| convocherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| convochiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| convochi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| convochiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| convochi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| convochino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| convochi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| convocassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| convocassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| convocaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| convocassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| convocassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| convocasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| convocheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| convocherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| convochereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| convocheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| convocherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| convocherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| convochiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| convocate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| convoca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| convocando | gerund |
| convocato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal than chiamare or invitare; common for meetings, assemblies, elections, and official requests.
- Use direct object pronouns: convocare qualcuno. Not *convocare a qualcuno*.
- In sports and institutions, it often means selecting officially: convocare un giocatore, convocare il consiglio.