Meaning
to chair, to direct
- to preside [with a ‘over’]
- to oversee [with a]
- to regulate the function of [with a]
In a sentence
Chi presiede la riunione di oggi?
Who is chairing today's meeting?
Laura ha presieduto il gruppo per due anni.
Laura chaired the group for two years.
Una commissione speciale presiede all'organizzazione del festival.
A special committee oversees the organization of the festival.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| presiedere | infinitive |
| presiediamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| presiedo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| presiedete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presiedi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presiedono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presiede | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presiedevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| presiedevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| presiedevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| presiedevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| presiedevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| presiedeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| presiedemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| presiedetti | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| presiedeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| presiedesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| presiedettero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| presiedette | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| presiederemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| presiederò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| presiederete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| presiederai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| presiederanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| presiederà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| presiediamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| presieda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| presiediate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presieda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presiedano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presieda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presiedessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| presiedessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| presiedeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| presiedessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| presiedessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| presiedesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| presiederemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| presiederei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| presiedereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presiederesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presiederebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presiederebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presiediamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| presiedete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| presiedi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| presiedendo | gerund |
| presieduto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal/institutional verb: common in politics, law, meetings. In everyday speech, Italians often prefer dirigere or guidare.
- Use transitive presiedere qualcosa or intransitive presiedere a qualcosa. Learners often wrongly add di or per.
- With a direct object, passato prossimo usually takes avere: ha presieduto la riunione. No agreement with the object.