Meaning
to impute, attribute, ascribe
- to accuse, arraign, charge, put down to, chalk up to
In a sentence
Non puoi imputare tutto il ritardo al traffico.
You can't blame all the delay on traffic.
Mi hanno imputato un errore che non era mio.
They blamed me for a mistake that wasn't mine.
A chi vuoi imputare questa scelta sbagliata?
Who do you want to attribute this wrong choice to?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imputare | infinitive |
| imputiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imputo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imputate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imputi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imputano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imputa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imputavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imputavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imputavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imputavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imputavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imputava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imputammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imputai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imputaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imputasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imputarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imputò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imputeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imputerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imputerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imputerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imputeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imputerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imputiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imputi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imputiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imputi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imputino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imputi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imputassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imputassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imputaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imputassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imputassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imputasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imputeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imputerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imputereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imputeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imputerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imputerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imputiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imputate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imputa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imputando | gerund |
| imputato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Mostly formal and common in legal, bureaucratic, or academic Italian; in everyday speech, speakers often prefer attribuire, dare la colpa, or accusare.
- Use imputare a qualcuno qualcosa for assigning responsibility; use imputare qualcosa a qualcosa for linking an effect, cost, or fault to a cause.
- In criminal contexts, imputare means to charge formally, not just to blame. Don’t confuse it with accusare, which is broader and less technical.