Meaning
to dominate, to rule, to control, to contain
- to overlook, to tower over
In a sentence
Lei domina sempre la conversazione con la sua voce.
She always dominates the conversation with her voice.
Riesci a dominare la rabbia in quel momento?
Can you control your anger in that moment?
Non ho dominato bene la macchina nuova ieri.
I didn't handle the new car well yesterday.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dominare | infinitive |
| dominiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| domino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dominate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| domini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dominano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| domina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dominavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dominavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dominavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dominavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dominavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dominava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dominammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dominai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dominaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dominasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dominarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dominò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| domineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dominerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dominerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dominerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| domineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dominerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dominiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| domini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dominiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| domini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dominino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| domini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dominassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dominassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dominaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dominassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dominassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dominasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| domineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dominerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dominereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| domineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dominerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dominerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dominiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dominate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| domina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dominando | gerund |
| dominato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use dominare for strong superiority or control; controllare is broader and more neutral for managing, checking, or operating something.
- With skills or subjects, Italian often prefers padroneggiare: dominare l'inglese sounds stronger, almost complete mastery.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ha dominato, not è dominato, unless you mean the adjective/passive participle.