Meaning
to hate, detest
- to feel intense dislike or aversion towards someone or something
In a sentence
Detesto svegliarmi presto la domenica mattina.
I hate waking up early on Sunday morning.
Perché detesti così tanto i film dell'orrore?
Why do you hate horror movies so much?
Non lo detestiamo affatto, siamo solo in disaccordo.
We don't dislike him at all, we just disagree.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| detestare | infinitive |
| detesto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| detesti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| detesta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| detestiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| detestate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| detestano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| detestavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| detestavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| detestava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| detestavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| detestavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| detestavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| detestai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| detestasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| detestò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| detestammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| detestaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| detestarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| detesterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| detesterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| detesterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| detesteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| detesterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| detesteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| detesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| detesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| detesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| detestiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| detestiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| detestino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| detestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| detestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| detestasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| detestassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| detestaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| detestassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| detesterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| detesteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| detesterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| detesteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| detestereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| detesterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| detesta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| detestiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| detestate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| detestando | gerund |
| detestato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Stronger than 'non piacere' and slightly more formal than 'odiare'.
- Can take either a direct object noun or an infinitive verb directly.