Meaning
to hire, sign
- To recruit, hire, or sign a professional (especially an artist or athlete)
- To engage someone in a conflict, battle, or dispute
In a sentence
La squadra ha deciso di ingaggiare un nuovo attaccante.
The team decided to sign a new striker.
Hanno ingaggiato un investigatore privato per seguire il caso.
They hired a private investigator to follow the case.
Non possiamo ingaggiare altri musicisti con questo budget ridotto.
We cannot hire more musicians with this reduced budget.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ingaggiare | infinitive |
| ingaggio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingaggeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingaggeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingaggia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ingaggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ingaggiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ingaggiando | gerund |
| ingaggiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Commonly used in sports and entertainment for signing players or hiring performers.