Meaning
to decree, to order
- to confer, to award, to give
In a sentence
Il giudice ha decretato la fine della gara.
The judge declared the end of the match.
Chi ha decretato il vincitore del concorso?
Who decided the winner of the contest?
Il ministero ha decretato la chiusura provvisoria delle scuole.
The ministry decreed the temporary closure of the schools.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| decretare | infinitive |
| decretiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| decreto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| decretate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decreti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decretano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decreta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decretavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| decretavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| decretavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| decretavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| decretavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| decretava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| decretammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| decretai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| decretaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| decretasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| decretarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| decretò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| decreteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| decreterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| decreterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| decreterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| decreteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| decreterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| decretiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| decreti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| decretiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decreti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decretino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decreti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decretassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| decretassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| decretaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| decretassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| decretassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| decretasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| decreteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| decreterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| decretereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| decreteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| decreterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| decreterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decretiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| decretate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| decreta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| decretando | gerund |
| decretato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Mostly formal and common in news, law, and bureaucracy; in everyday speech, ordinare, decidere, or stabilire are often more natural.
- For prizes or honors, decretare can mean 'declare/award' a winner: La giuria ha decretato il vincitore.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ha decretato, not è decretato, except as an adjective/passive participle.