Meaning
to limit or restrict
- to limit, restrict
- to border, bound
In a sentence
Cerco di limitare il tempo sul telefono.
I try to limit time on my phone.
Dobbiamo limitare le spese questo mese.
We need to limit our spending this month.
Abbiamo limitato le spese questo mese.
We limited our expenses this month.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| limitare | infinitive |
| limitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| limito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| limitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| limiti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| limitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| limita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| limitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| limitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| limitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| limitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| limitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| limitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| limitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| limitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| limitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| limitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| limitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| limitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| limiteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| limiterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| limiterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| limiterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| limiteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| limiterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| limitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| limiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| limitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| limiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| limitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| limiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| limitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| limitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| limitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| limitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| limitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| limitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| limiteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| limiterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| limitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| limiteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| limiterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| limiterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| limitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| limitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| limita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| limitando | gerund |
| limitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use limitare for reducing scope, quantity, or effects; use restringere more for narrowing physically, legally, or conceptually.
- Often followed by a or a + infinitive: limitarsi a due ore, limitarsi a dire no.
- Reflexive limitarsi means "to confine oneself" and takes essere in compound tenses: si è limitato a protestare.