Meaning
to stop
- to stop, to halt
- to arrest, to detain
- to fasten, to secure
In a sentence
Puoi fermare la macchina qui davanti?
Can you stop the car here in front?
La polizia ha fermato due ragazzi ieri sera.
The police stopped two boys last night.
L'arbitro ha fermato la partita a causa del maltempo.
The referee stopped the match because of the bad weather.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fermare | infinitive |
| fermiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fermo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fermate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fermi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fermano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ferma | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fermavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fermavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fermavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fermavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fermavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fermava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fermammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fermai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fermaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fermasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fermarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fermò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fermeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fermerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fermerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fermerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fermeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fermerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fermiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fermi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fermiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fermi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fermino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fermi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fermassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fermassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fermaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fermassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fermassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fermasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fermeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fermerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fermereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fermeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fermerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fermerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fermiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fermate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ferma | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fermando | gerund |
| fermato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use fermare for stopping movement or interrupting action; smettere is for quitting habits or ceasing an activity, not stopping a person or vehicle.
- Reflexive fermarsi means to stop oneself or come to a stop. Non-reflexive fermare usually takes a direct object: fermare qualcuno, fermare la macchina.
- In compound tenses, fermare takes avere; fermarsi takes essere, with past participle agreement: si è fermata, ci siamo fermati.