Meaning
to diagnose
- to identify a disease or condition
- to determine the cause of a problem professionally
In a sentence
Il medico ha diagnosticato un'infezione lieve.
The doctor diagnosed a mild infection.
Come si può diagnosticare il problema presto?
How can the problem be diagnosed early?
Non riescono a diagnosticare la causa del dolore.
They can't diagnose the cause of the pain.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| diagnosticare | infinitive |
| diagnostico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| diagnostichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnostica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnostichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| diagnosticate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnosticavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diagnosticavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnosticava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnosticavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diagnosticavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnosticai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| diagnosticasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnosticò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnosticammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| diagnosticaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnosticherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| diagnosticherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnosticherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnosticheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| diagnosticherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnostichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| diagnostichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnostichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnostichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| diagnostichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnostichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnosticassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diagnosticassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnosticasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnosticassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diagnosticaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnosticherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| diagnosticheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnosticherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diagnosticheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| diagnostichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diagnostica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| diagnostichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| diagnosticate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| diagnosticando | gerund |
| diagnosticato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes a direct object: diagnosticare una malattia.
- Common in medical contexts; more formal than capire cos'ha qualcuno.
- Regular -are verb with spelling change before -i: diagnostichi.