Meaning
to prescribe
- to limit to a prescribed time period
In a sentence
Il medico mi ha prescritto queste pastiglie ieri.
The doctor prescribed me these pills yesterday.
Quanto tempo ci mette a prescriversi il debito?
How long does it take for the debt to expire?
Non puoi prescrivere riposo senza visitarmi prima.
You can't prescribe rest without examining me first.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| prescrivere | infinitive |
| prescriviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| prescrivo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| prescrivete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prescrivi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prescrivono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prescrive | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prescrivevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| prescrivevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| prescrivevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| prescrivevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| prescrivevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| prescriveva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| prescrivemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| prescrissi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| prescriveste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| prescrivesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| prescrissero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| prescrisse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| prescriveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| prescriverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| prescriverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| prescriverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| prescriveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| prescriverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| prescriviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| prescriva | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| prescriviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prescriva | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prescrivano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prescriva | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prescrivessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| prescrivessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| prescriveste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| prescrivessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| prescrivessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| prescrivesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| prescriveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| prescriverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| prescrivereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prescriveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prescriverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prescriverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prescriviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| prescrivete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| prescrivi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| prescrivendo | gerund |
| prescritto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use prescrivere for doctors, laws, or rules. For suggesting casually, prefer consigliare or raccomandare.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: il medico ha prescritto un antibiotico.
- In legal language, prescriversi means a claim or crime becomes time-barred; this use is formal and common in bureaucracy.
- past participle prescritto