Meaning
to extend
In a sentence
Possiamo estendere la riunione di mezz'ora?
Can we extend the meeting by half an hour?
Hanno esteso l'orario del negozio fino alle otto.
They extended the store's hours until eight.
Non voglio estendere il viaggio di un giorno.
I don't want to extend the trip by one day.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| estendere | infinitive |
| estendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| estendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| estendete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| estendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| estendono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| estende | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| estendevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| estendevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| estendevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| estendevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| estendevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| estendeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| estendemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| estesi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| estendeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| estendesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| estesero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| estese | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| estenderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| estenderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| estenderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| estenderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| estenderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| estenderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| estendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| estenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| estendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| estenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| estendano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| estenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| estendessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| estendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| estendeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| estendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| estendessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| estendesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| estenderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| estenderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| estendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| estenderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| estenderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| estenderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| estendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| estendete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| estendi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| estendendo | gerund |
| esteso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal than allungare or prolungare. Use estendere for areas, rights, deadlines, validity, or abstract scope.
- Common pattern: estendere qualcosa a qualcuno/qualcosa = extend something to someone/something. Example: estendere l'invito a tutti.
- For body parts, Italian usually prefers stendere: stendere il braccio, not estendere il braccio in everyday speech.
- past participle esteso