Meaning
to eliminate
In a sentence
Devo eliminare questi file dal telefono.
I need to delete these files from my phone.
Hai eliminato il latte dalla lista della spesa?
Did you remove milk from the shopping list?
Non possiamo eliminare questo problema in un giorno.
We can't eliminate this problem in one day.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| eliminare | infinitive |
| eliminiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| elimino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| eliminate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| elimini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| elimina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eliminavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| eliminavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| eliminavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| eliminavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| eliminava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| eliminammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| eliminai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| eliminaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| eliminasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| eliminò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| elimineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| eliminerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| eliminerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| eliminerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| elimineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| eliminerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| eliminiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| elimini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| eliminiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| elimini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| elimini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eliminassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| eliminassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| eliminaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| eliminassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| eliminasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| elimineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| eliminerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| eliminereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| elimineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| eliminerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eliminiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| eliminate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| elimina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| eliminando | gerund |
| eliminato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal or technical than togliere or cancellare; common in bureaucracy, medicine, sports, and problem-solving contexts.
- Use avere in compound tenses: ho eliminato. With direct-object pronouns, agreement is optional but common in careful writing: le ho eliminate.
- In competitions, eliminare means to knock out; eliminarsi means to get eliminated or cancel each other out, depending on context.