Meaning
immigrate
- to immigrate, that is, to enter a foreign country in order to live there
- to move into a country from abroad
In a sentence
Molti decidono di immigrare per lavoro.
Many decide to immigrate for work.
Perché vuoi immigrare in Canada?
Why do you want to immigrate to Canada?
I suoi nonni non sono immigrati da soli.
His grandparents did not immigrate alone.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| immigrare | infinitive |
| immigro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| immigri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immigra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immigriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| immigrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immigrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immigravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| immigravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| immigrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| immigravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| immigravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| immigravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| immigrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| immigrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| immigrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| immigrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| immigraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| immigrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| immigrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| immigrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| immigrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| immigreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| immigrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| immigreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| immigri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| immigri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immigri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immigriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| immigriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immigrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immigrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| immigrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| immigrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| immigrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| immigraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| immigrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| immigrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| immigreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immigrerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immigreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| immigrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immigrerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immigra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| immigriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| immigrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| immigrando | gerund |
| immigrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Immigrare focuses on arrival in a country; emigrare on leaving one.
- Often used with in + country: immigrare in Italia.
- In everyday Italian, many speakers prefer trasferirsi in or venire a vivere in.