Meaning
to distribute
- to deliver (mail)
- to allocate or assign
- to dole out or share out
In a sentence
Puoi distribuire questi volantini davanti alla scuola?
Can you hand out these flyers in front of the school?
Il postino ha distribuito la posta stamattina.
The mailman delivered the mail this morning.
Non distribuiamo i compiti a caso.
We don't assign tasks randomly.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| distribuire | infinitive |
| distribuiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| distribuisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| distribuite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| distribuivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| distribuivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| distribuii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| distribuiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| distribuirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| distribuirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| distribuisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| distribuiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| distribuissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| distribuiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| distribuirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| distribuireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| distribuirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| distribuiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| distribuite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| distribuisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| distribuendo | gerund |
| distribuito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use distribuire for handing out goods, resources, or information; use consegnare for delivering a specific item to a person.
- For assigning tasks or roles, distribuire is possible, but assegnare is usually more natural and more precise.
- In compound tenses it takes avere: ho distribuito, not sono distribuito.