Meaning
to host; to accommodate
- to host, to accommodate
- to house, to shelter
- to include, to carry
In a sentence
Possiamo ospitare tua cugina per due notti.
We can put up your cousin for two nights.
Il centro ha ospitato dieci famiglie questo inverno.
The center housed ten families this winter.
Questo sito ospita anche articoli di cucina?
Does this site also host cooking articles?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ospitare | infinitive |
| ospitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ospito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ospitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ospiti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ospitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ospita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ospitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ospitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ospitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ospitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ospitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ospitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ospitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ospitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ospitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ospitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ospitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ospitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ospiteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ospiterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ospiterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ospiterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ospiteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ospiterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ospitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ospiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ospitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ospiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ospitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ospiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ospitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ospitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ospitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ospitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ospitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ospitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ospiteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ospiterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ospitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ospiteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ospiterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ospiterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ospitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ospitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ospita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ospitando | gerund |
| ospitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use ospitare for hosting people, events, or content. For physically lodging someone overnight, alloggiare can sound more specifically about accommodation.
- With events or programs, Italian often uses ospitare where English uses host: La città ospita il festival.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ha ospitato, not è ospitato when active.