Meaning
to institute, to found
In a sentence
L'azienda vuole istituire un premio per i clienti.
The company wants to set up a prize for customers.
Avete istituito una nuova regola in ufficio?
Did you set up a new rule at the office?
Non possiamo istituire il corso senza abbastanza iscritti.
We can't set up the course without enough students.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| istituire | infinitive |
| istituiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| istituisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| istituite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| istituisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| istituiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| istituisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| istituivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| istituivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| istituivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| istituivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| istituivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| istituiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| istituimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| istituii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| istituiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| istituisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| istituirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| istituì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| istituiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| istituirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| istituirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| istituirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| istituiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| istituirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| istituiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| istituisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| istituiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| istituisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| istituiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| istituisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| istituissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| istituissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| istituiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| istituissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| istituissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| istituisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| istituiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| istituirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| istituireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| istituiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| istituirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| istituirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| istituiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| istituite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| istituisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| istituendo | gerund |
| istituito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal and bureaucratic. In everyday speech, creare or fondare often sounds more natural.
- Use for laws, offices, committees, taxes, or procedures; less common for casually starting ordinary activities.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha istituito una commissione.