Meaning
to halve, reduce by half
- to reduce something by half, cut in half
- to decrease by half (intransitive with essere or used reflexively)
In a sentence
La nuova strategia ha dimezzato le spese dell'azienda.
The new strategy halved the company's expenses.
Possiamo dimezzare i tempi di consegna se collaboriamo.
We can cut delivery times in half if we work together.
Gli utili non si sono dimezzati quest'anno, per fortuna.
Profits have not halved this year, fortunately.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dimezzare | infinitive |
| dimezzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dimezziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dimezzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dimezzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dimezza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dimezziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dimezzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dimezzando | gerund |
| dimezzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' when transitive; reflexive 'dimezzarsi' takes 'essere' to mean 'to drop by half'.