Meaning
take off
- to leave the ground and begin flying
- to begin successfully and grow quickly
In a sentence
L'aereo decolla tra dieci minuti.
The plane takes off in ten minutes.
Il volo decolla in orario oggi?
Does the flight take off on time today?
Il nostro aereo non è decollato subito.
Our plane did not take off right away.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| decollare | infinitive |
| decollo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| decolli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decolla | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decolliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| decollate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decollano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decollavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| decollavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| decollava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| decollavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| decollavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| decollavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| decollai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| decollasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| decollò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| decollammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| decollaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| decollarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| decollerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| decollerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| decollerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| decolleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| decollerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| decolleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| decolli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| decolli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decolli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decolliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| decolliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decollino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decollassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| decollassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| decollasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| decollassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| decollaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| decollassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| decollerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| decolleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decollerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decolleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| decollereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decollerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decolla | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| decolliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| decollate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| decollando | gerund |
| decollato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- With planes: l'aereo decolla.
- Figurative use is common: il progetto decolla.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses in learner dictionaries.