Meaning
to discharge
- to discharge (from hospital)
- to release (from prison)
- to remove (from office)
In a sentence
Il medico mi dimette domani mattina.
The doctor is discharging me tomorrow morning.
Hanno dimesso mia nonna dall'ospedale questa mattina.
They discharged my grandmother from the hospital this morning.
Il paziente è guarito e il medico ha deciso di dimetterlo.
The patient recovered and the doctor decided to discharge him.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dimettere | infinitive |
| dimettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dimetto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dimettete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dimetti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dimettono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dimette | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dimettevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dimettevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dimettevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dimettevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dimettevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dimetteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dimettemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dimisi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dimetteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dimettesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dimisero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dimise | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dimetteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dimetterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dimetterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dimetterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dimetteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dimetterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dimettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dimetta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dimettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dimetta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dimettano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dimetta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dimettessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dimettessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dimetteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dimettessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dimettessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dimettesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dimetteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dimetterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dimettereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dimetteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dimetterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dimetterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dimettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dimettete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dimetti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dimettendo | gerund |
| dimesso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal verb. For quitting a job yourself, use dimettersi, not dimettere.
- For firing someone, licenziare is more common in everyday speech; dimettere sounds bureaucratic or institutional.
- Often used in hospitals: dimettere un paziente. Past participle with essere in reflexive forms: si è dimesso/a.
- past participle dimesso