Meaning
to conspire
- To secretly plan an unlawful or harmful act together
- To act together toward a particular result (often of events or circumstances)
In a sentence
Sospettavano che qualcuno stesse cospirando contro il direttore.
They suspected that someone was conspiring against the director.
Tutti gli eventi sembravano cospirare a nostro sfavore.
All events seemed to conspire against us.
Non cospirate nell'ombra se volete cambiare davvero le cose.
Do not conspire in the shadows if you truly want to change things.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cospirare | infinitive |
| cospiro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cospiri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cospira | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cospiriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cospirate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cospirano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cospiravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cospiravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cospirava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cospiravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cospiravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cospiravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cospirai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cospirasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cospirò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cospirammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cospiraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cospirarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cospirerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cospirerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cospirerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cospireremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cospirerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cospireranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cospiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cospiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cospiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cospiriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cospiriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cospirino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cospirassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cospirassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cospirasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cospirassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cospiraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cospirassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cospirerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cospireresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cospirerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cospireremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cospirereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cospirerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cospira | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cospiriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cospirate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cospirando | gerund |
| cospirato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes 'contro' (against) or 'per' + infinitive (in order to).