Meaning
to dismiss, settle
- to settle or pay off an account, claim, or severance
- to get rid of or abruptly dismiss someone or something
- to liquidate or sell off assets or goods
In a sentence
Il direttore lo ha liquidato con poche parole fredde.
The director dismissed him with a few cold words.
L'assicurazione liquiderà i danni entro la fine del mese.
The insurance company will settle the damages by the end of the month.
Non puoi liquidare un problema così complesso in due minuti.
You cannot brush off such a complex problem in two minutes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| liquidare | infinitive |
| liquido | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| liquidi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| liquida | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| liquidiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| liquidate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| liquidano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| liquidavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| liquidavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| liquidava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| liquidavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| liquidavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| liquidavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| liquidai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| liquidasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| liquidò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| liquidammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| liquidaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| liquidarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| liquiderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| liquiderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| liquiderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| liquideremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| liquiderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| liquideranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| liquidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| liquidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| liquidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| liquidiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| liquidiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| liquidino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| liquidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| liquidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| liquidasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| liquidassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| liquidaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| liquidassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| liquiderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| liquideresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| liquiderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| liquideremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| liquidereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| liquiderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| liquida | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| liquidiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| liquidate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| liquidando | gerund |
| liquidato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conjugated with 'avere'.
- When used with a person as the object, it can mean dismissing someone rudely or firing them with severance.