Meaning
to call, announce
- to officially announce or convene a formal event, election, or strike
In a sentence
Il ministero ha deciso di indire un nuovo concorso pubblico.
The ministry decided to announce a new public competition.
I sindacati hanno indetto uno sciopero generale per venerdì prossimo.
The trade unions called a general strike for next Friday.
Quando indiranno le elezioni anticipate per il parlamento?
When will they call early elections for parliament?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| indire | infinitive |
| indico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| indici | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| indice | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| indiciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| indite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| indicono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| indicevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| indicevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| indiceva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| indicevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| indicevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| indicevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| indissi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| indicesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| indisse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| indicemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| indiceste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| indissero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| indirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| indirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| indirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| indiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| indirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| indiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| indica | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| indica | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| indica | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| indiciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| indiciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| indicano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| indicessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| indicessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| indicesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| indicessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| indiceste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| indicessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| indirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| indiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| indirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| indiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| indireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| indirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| indici | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| indiciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| indite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| indicendo | gerund |
| indetto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: common in administrative, institutional, and media contexts.
- Conjugates like dire (e.g. indico, indici, indicono; p.p. indetto).
- present: indico, indici, indice, indiciamo, indite, indicono
- past participle indetto