Meaning
to hijack; to divert
- to divert or reroute a vehicle, flight, or traffic along an alternate path
- to seize control of an aircraft, ship, or vehicle illegally; to hijack
- to redirect or channel resources, funds, or attention elsewhere (figurative)
In a sentence
A causa del forte vento, il volo è stato dirottato su Bologna.
Due to strong winds, the flight was diverted to Bologna.
La polizia ha dirottato il traffico verso la tangenziale.
The police diverted traffic towards the bypass.
Hanno cercato di dirottare l'attenzione pubblica su questioni secondarie.
They tried to divert public attention to secondary issues.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dirottare | infinitive |
| dirotto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dirotti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dirotta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dirottiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dirottate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dirottano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dirottavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dirottavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dirottava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dirottavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dirottavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dirottavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dirottai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dirottasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dirottò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dirottammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dirottaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dirottarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dirotterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dirotterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dirotterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dirotteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dirotterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dirotteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dirotti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dirotti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dirotti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dirottiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dirottiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dirottino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dirottassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dirottassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dirottasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dirottassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dirottaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dirottassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dirotterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dirotteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dirotterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dirotteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dirottereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dirotterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dirotta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dirottiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dirottate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dirottando | gerund |
| dirottato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Can describe both routine route changes (e.g., bad weather) and violent hijackings.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.