Meaning
to date
- To assign a date to something or write the date on it.
- To date back to a specific period (with 'da' or 'a').
- As past participle 'datato', meaning dated or outmoded.
In a sentence
Gli archeologi sono riusciti a datare con precisione l'antico manoscritto.
The archaeologists managed to date the ancient manuscript accurately.
Questo documento non è stato firmato né datato.
This document was neither signed nor dated.
Il suo stile di insegnamento sembra ormai datato e superato.
His teaching style now seems dated and obsolete.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| datare | infinitive |
| dato | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dati | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| data | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| datiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| datate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| datano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| datavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| datavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| datava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| datavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| datavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| datavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| datai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| datasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| datò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| datammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dataste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| datarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| daterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| daterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| daterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dateremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| daterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dateranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dati | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dati | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dati | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| datiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| datiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| datino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| datassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| datassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| datasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| datassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dataste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| datassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| daterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dateresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| daterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dateremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| datereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| daterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| data | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| datiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| datate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| datando | gerund |
| datato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Transitive when determining an object's age ('datare un reperto'), intransitive when dating from an era ('datare dal').