Meaning
to delimit, mark out
- to establish or mark boundaries, limits, or borders of an area or concept
In a sentence
Hanno usato una corda per delimitare l'area di lavoro.
They used a rope to cordon off the work area.
Dobbiamo delimitare chiaramente il campo della ricerca.
We need to clearly define the scope of the research.
I guardiani non hanno delimitato il sentiero pericoloso.
The wardens haven't marked out the dangerous path.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| delimitare | infinitive |
| delimito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| delimiti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| delimita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| delimitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| delimitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| delimitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| delimitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| delimitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| delimitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| delimitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| delimitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| delimitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| delimitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| delimitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| delimitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| delimitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| delimitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| delimitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| delimiterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| delimiterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| delimiterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| delimiteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| delimiterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| delimiteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| delimiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| delimiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| delimiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| delimitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| delimitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| delimitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| delimitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| delimitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| delimitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| delimitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| delimitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| delimitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| delimiterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| delimiteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| delimiterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| delimiteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| delimitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| delimiterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| delimita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| delimitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| delimitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| delimitando | gerund |
| delimitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb taking 'avere'.
- Can be used both for physical boundaries and abstract boundaries (topics, roles).