Meaning
to dispel; squander
- to dispel, scatter, or remove (doubts, fears, fog)
- to waste, squander, or fritter away (money, wealth, energy)
In a sentence
La risposta del professore ha finalmente dissipato tutti i nostri dubbi.
The professor's answer finally dispelled all our doubts.
Ha dissipato l'intera eredità dei genitori nel giro di pochi anni.
He squandered his parents' entire inheritance in a matter of a few years.
Il sole mattutino ha dissipato la nebbia che copriva la vallata.
The morning sun dispelled the fog that covered the valley.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dissipare | infinitive |
| dissipo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dissipi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dissipa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dissipiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dissipate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dissipano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dissipavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dissipavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dissipava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dissipavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dissipavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dissipavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dissipai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dissipasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dissipò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dissipammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dissipaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dissiparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dissiperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dissiperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dissiperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dissiperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dissiperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dissiperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dissipi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dissipi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dissipi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dissipiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dissipiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dissipino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dissipassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dissipassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dissipasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dissipassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dissipaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dissipassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dissiperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dissiperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dissiperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dissiperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dissipereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dissiperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dissipa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dissipiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dissipate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dissipando | gerund |
| dissipato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Frequently paired with 'dubbi' (doubts) or 'paure' (fears).
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses in both transitive and intransitive figurative uses.