Meaning · verb
to regulate, discipline
- to regulate or govern by rules or laws
- to train to obey rules or self-control
In a sentence
La nuova legge mira a disciplinare il lavoro a distanza.
The new law aims to regulate remote work.
Come possiamo disciplinare l'accesso a questi documenti riservati?
How can we regulate access to these confidential documents?
Il regolamento non disciplina chiaramente questa specifica situazione.
The regulation does not clearly regulate this specific situation.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| disciplinare | infinitive |
| disciplino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| disciplini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| discipliniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| disciplinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| disciplinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| disciplinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| disciplinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| disciplinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| disciplineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| disciplini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| discipliniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| discipliniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| disciplinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| disciplinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| disciplineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disciplinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disciplineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disciplina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| discipliniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| disciplinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| disciplinando | gerund |
| disciplinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In legal and administrative Italian, it almost always means 'to regulate' rather than 'to punish'.
- Also exists as an adjective ('disciplinary') and a masculine noun ('production specifications').