Meaning
to use, employ
- to take (an amount of time)
- to spend
- to hire, take, engage, employ
In a sentence
Per finire il lavoro, ho impiegato due ore.
To finish the work, I took two hours.
Quanto tempo impieghi per arrivare al lavoro?
How long does it take you to get to work?
Vuoi impiegare Marco nel negozio quest'estate?
Do you want to hire Marco at the shop this summer?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| impiegare | infinitive |
| impieghiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| impiego | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| impiegate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impieghi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| impiegano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| impiega | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| impiegavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| impiegavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| impiegavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| impiegavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| impiegavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| impiegava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| impiegammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| impiegai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| impiegaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| impiegasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| impiegarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| impiegò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| impiegheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| impiegherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| impiegherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| impiegherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| impiegheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| impiegherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| impieghiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| impieghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| impieghiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| impieghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- For time, use impiegare with a duration: Ho impiegato due ore. More natural than usare for elapsed time.
- With a person as object, impiegare means employ/hire and sounds formal-businesslike; assumere is more common for the hiring act.
- In compound tenses it usually takes avere: ho impiegato molto tempo. Reflexive impiegarsi is uncommon in everyday speech.