Meaning
to change, to make different
- to change
- to alter; transform
- to change; become different
In a sentence
Il tempo può mutare tutto in un attimo.
Time can change everything in an instant.
Hai mutato idea dopo la riunione?
Did you change your mind after the meeting?
Con gli anni, il quartiere è mutato molto.
Over the years, the neighborhood has changed a lot.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mutare | infinitive |
| mutiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| muto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mutate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| muti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mutano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| muta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mutavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mutavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mutavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mutavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mutavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mutava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mutammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mutai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mutaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mutasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mutarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mutò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| muteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| muterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| muterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| muterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| muteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| muterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mutiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| muti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mutiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| muti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mutino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| muti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mutassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mutassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mutaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mutassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mutassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mutasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| muteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| muterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mutereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| muteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| muterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| muterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mutiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mutate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| muta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mutando | gerund |
| mutato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal or literary than cambiare. In everyday speech, Italians usually prefer cambiare for most contexts.
- As an intransitive verb, it commonly takes essere in compound tenses: il clima è mutato.
- Often used in abstract, social, or historical contexts: mutare opinione, mutare atteggiamento, mutare nel tempo.