Meaning
expand; dilate
- to make something wider or larger
- to widen or stretch physically
- to extend in time or space
In a sentence
Il calore dilata il metallo.
Heat expands metal.
Questo esercizio può dilatare i tempi di lavoro?
Can this exercise lengthen the work time?
La cura non ha dilatato i vasi.
The treatment did not dilate the vessels.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dilatare | infinitive |
| dilato | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dilati | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dilata | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dilatiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dilatate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dilatano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dilatavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dilatavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dilatava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dilatavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dilatavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dilatavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dilatai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dilatasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dilatò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dilatammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dilataste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dilatarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dilaterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dilaterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dilaterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dilateremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dilaterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dilateranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dilati | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dilati | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dilati | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dilatiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dilatiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dilatino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dilatassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dilatassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dilatasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dilatassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dilataste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dilatassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dilaterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dilateresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dilaterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dilateremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dilatereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dilaterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dilata | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dilatiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dilatate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dilatando | gerund |
| dilatato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often transitive: dilatare i tempi, dilatare un'apertura.
- The reflexive dilatarsi is common for things that widen by themselves.
- Can be literal or figurative: dilatare lo spazio, i tempi, le pupille.