Meaning
to diminish, to decrease, to make less
- to decrease, go down
- to reduce, make less
In a sentence
Devo diminuire lo zucchero nel caffè.
I need to reduce the sugar in my coffee.
Il rumore è diminuito dopo mezzanotte.
The noise decreased after midnight.
Puoi diminuire il volume della musica?
Can you lower the music volume?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| diminuire | infinitive |
| diminuiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| diminuisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| diminuite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diminuivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diminuivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| diminuii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| diminuiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| diminuirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| diminuirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| diminuisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| diminuiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diminuissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diminuiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| diminuirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| diminuireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diminuirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diminuiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| diminuite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| diminuisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| diminuendo | gerund |
| diminuito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use both transitively and intransitively: diminuire i costi, but i costi diminuiscono.
- Less colloquial than calare for prices, temperatures, or numbers; common in neutral and formal contexts.
- With essere in compound tenses when intransitive: i prezzi sono diminuiti. With avere when transitive: abbiamo diminuito le spese.