Meaning
desert, boycott, skip
- To desert or abandon military service illegally.
- To fail to attend or deliberately boycott an event, meeting, or gathering.
In a sentence
Molti cittadini hanno deciso di disertare le urne per protesta.
Many citizens decided to boycott the polls in protest.
Perché hai disertato la riunione di ieri pomeriggio?
Why did you skip yesterday afternoon's meeting?
Il soldato fu arrestato dopo aver disertato durante la notte.
The soldier was arrested after deserting during the night.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| disertare | infinitive |
| diserto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| diserti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diserta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disertiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| disertate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disertano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disertavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| disertavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| disertava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| disertavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| disertavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| disertavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| disertai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| disertasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| disertò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| disertammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| disertaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| disertarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| diserterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| diserterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| diserterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| diserteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| diserterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| diserteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| diserti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| diserti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diserti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disertiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| disertiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disertino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| disertassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| disertassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| disertasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| disertassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| disertaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| disertassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diserterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| diserteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diserterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diserteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| disertereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diserterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diserta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| disertiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| disertate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| disertando | gerund |
| disertato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.
- In everyday contexts, it simply means 'to skip' or 'boycott' an appointment or event.