Meaning
delude, deceive
- to give false hope to or deceive someone
- to delude oneself or nurture false hopes (when reflexive, illudersi)
In a sentence
Non voleva illuderlo con promesse che non poteva mantenere.
She didn't want to give him false hopes with promises she couldn't keep.
Ti illudi se pensi che la situazione cambierà da sola.
You're fooling yourself if you think the situation will change on its own.
Quelle parole gentili hanno illuso tutti i candidati all'esame.
Those kind words gave false hope to all the exam candidates.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| illudere | infinitive |
| illudo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| illudi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| illude | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| illudiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| illudete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| illudono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| illudevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| illudevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| illudeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| illudevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| illudevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| illudevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| illusi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| illudesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| illuse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| illudemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| illudeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| illusero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| illuderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| illuderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| illuderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| illuderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| illuderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| illuderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| illuda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| illuda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| illuda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| illudiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| illudiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| illudano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| illudessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| illudessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| illudesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| illudessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| illudeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| illudessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| illuderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| illuderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| illuderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| illuderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| illudereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| illuderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| illudi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| illudiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| illudete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| illudendo | gerund |
| illuso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often reflexive ('illudersi di + infinitive'): 'non illuderti' (don't fool yourself).
- Has an irregular past participle ('illuso') and remote past ('illusi').
- past participle illuso