Meaning
to equip, provide
- to equip, to provide, to furnish
- to endow
In a sentence
Hanno dotato la scuola di nuovi computer.
They equipped the school with new computers.
Vuoi dotare la tua bici di luci?
Do you want to equip your bike with lights?
Il nonno ha dotato la nipote di una casa.
Grandpa endowed his granddaughter with a house.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dotare | infinitive |
| dotiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| doto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dotate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| doti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dotano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dota | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dotavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dotavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dotavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dotavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dotavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dotava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dotammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dotai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dotaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dotasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dotarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dotò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| doteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| doterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| doterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| doterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| doteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| doterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dotiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| doti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dotiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| doti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dotino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| doti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dotassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dotassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dotaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dotassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dotassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dotasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| doteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| doterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dotereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| doteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| doterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| doterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dotiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dotate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dota | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dotando | gerund |
| dotato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal than dare or fornire. Common in writing, institutions, manuals, and news; less common in casual speech.
- Usually takes di: dotare qualcuno/qualcosa di qualcosa. Learners often wrongly use con.
- Often appears reflexive: dotarsi di = to acquire/get for oneself, especially for equipment or tools.