Meaning
to focus
- to direct attention, effort, or interest towards a specific issue or target
- to bring into optical focus
In a sentence
Dobbiamo focalizzare la nostra attenzione sui problemi principali.
We must focus our attention on the main problems.
La ricerca si focalizza sugli effetti a lungo termine della terapia.
The research focuses on the long-term effects of the therapy.
Non riesco a focalizzare questo dettaglio nell'immagine.
I can't bring this detail into focus in the image.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| focalizzare | infinitive |
| focalizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| focalizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| focalizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| focalizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| focalizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| focalizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| focalizzando | gerund |
| focalizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively ('focalizzarsi su') to mean 'to focus on'.
- Transitively, it takes a direct object: 'focalizzare l'attenzione su'.