Meaning
to monopolize
- to obtain exclusive possession or control of a trade, market, or resource
- to dominate something completely, such as an attention or conversation
In a sentence
Quell'azienda vuole monopolizzare l'intero mercato dell'energia.
That company wants to monopolize the entire energy market.
Durante la riunione Marco ha monopolizzato la conversazione per un'ora.
During the meeting Marco monopolized the conversation for an hour.
Perché cerchi sempre di monopolizzare l'attenzione di tutti?
Why do you always try to monopolize everyone's attention?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| monopolizzare | infinitive |
| monopolizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| monopolizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| monopolizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| monopolizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| monopolizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| monopolizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| monopolizzando | gerund |
| monopolizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Frequently used figuratively for people who dominate conversations.