Meaning
to be distant, be away
- to be situated at a specified distance from a place
In a sentence
La stazione dista solo cinque minuti a piedi da qui.
The station is only a five-minute walk from here.
Quanto dista il tuo paese dal centro di Roma?
How far is your town from the center of Rome?
L'albergo non dista molto dalla spiaggia principale.
The hotel is not far from the main beach.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| distare | infinitive |
| disto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| disti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dista | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| distiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| distate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| distano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| distavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| distavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| distava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| distavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| distavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| distavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| distai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| distasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| distò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| distammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| distaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| distarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| disterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| disterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| disterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| disteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| disterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| disteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| disti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| disti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| distiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| distiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| distino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| distassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| distassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| distasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| distassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| distaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| distassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| disterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| disteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| disterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| disteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| distereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| disterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dista | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| distiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| distate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| distando | gerund |
| distato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Constructed with the preposition 'da' for the reference location.
- Compound past tenses are very rarely used in modern Italian.