Meaning
to delegate
- to entrust a task, responsibility, or authority to someone else
In a sentence
Un buon manager deve imparare a delegare le mansioni ai collaboratori.
A good manager must learn to delegate tasks to colleagues.
Hai delegato qualcuno per ritirare il pacco in posta?
Did you authorize someone to pick up the parcel at the post office?
Non delego mai decisioni finanziarie così delicate senza averne prima discusso.
I never delegate such sensitive financial decisions without discussing them first.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| delegare | infinitive |
| delego | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| deleghi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| delega | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deleghiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| delegate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| delegano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| delegavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| delegavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| delegava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| delegavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| delegavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| delegavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| delegai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| delegasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| delegò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| delegammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| delegaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| delegarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| delegherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| delegherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| delegherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| delegheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| delegherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| delegheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| deleghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| deleghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deleghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deleghiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| deleghiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deleghino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| delegassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| delegassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| delegasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| delegassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| delegaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| delegassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| delegherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| delegheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| delegherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| delegheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| deleghereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| delegherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| delega | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| deleghiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| delegate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| delegando | gerund |
| delegato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the auxiliary 'avere'.
- Usually constructed with 'a' + person: 'delegare un compito a qualcuno'.