Meaning
to behead, decapitate
- To cut off the head of a person or animal
- To eliminate the leadership of an organization
In a sentence
Nel Medioevo molti traditori venivano decapitati pubblicamente nella piazza principale.
In the Middle Ages, many traitors were publicly beheaded in the main square.
L'operazione di polizia ha decapitato i vertici della pericolosa rete criminale.
The police operation decapitated the leadership of the dangerous criminal network.
Non pensavano che la corte avrebbe condannato il ribelle a essere decapitato.
They did not think the court would condemn the rebel to be beheaded.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| decapitare | infinitive |
| decapito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| decapiti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decapita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decapitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| decapitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decapitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decapitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| decapitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| decapitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| decapitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| decapitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| decapitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| decapitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| decapitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| decapitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| decapitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| decapitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| decapitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| decapiterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| decapiterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| decapiterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| decapiteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| decapiterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| decapiteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| decapiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| decapiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decapiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decapitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| decapitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decapitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decapitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| decapitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| decapitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| decapitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| decapitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| decapitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| decapiterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| decapiteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decapiterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decapiteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| decapitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decapiterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decapita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| decapitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| decapitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| decapitando | gerund |
| decapitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with avere.
- Often used figuratively in journalism to describe dismantling an organization's leadership.