Meaning
to guess, to presume, to suppose
- to deduce
- to presume [with di (+ infinitive)]
- to be overconfident
In a sentence
Presumo che arrivi dopo cena.
I suppose he'll arrive after dinner.
Hai presunto troppo da quella risposta?
Did you deduce too much from that answer?
Non presumere di sapere tutto.
Don't presume to know everything.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| presumere | infinitive |
| presumiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| presumo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| presumete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presumi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presumono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presume | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presumevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| presumevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| presumevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| presumevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| presumevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| presumeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| presumemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| presunsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| presumeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| presumesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| presunsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| presunse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| presumeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| presumerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| presumerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| presumerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| presumeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| presumerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| presumiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| presuma | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| presumiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presuma | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presumano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presuma | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presumessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| presumessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| presumeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| presumessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| presumessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| presumesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| presumeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| presumerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| presumereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presumeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presumerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presumerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presumiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| presumete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| presumi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| presumendo | gerund |
| presunto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal than pensare or credere. In everyday speech, speakers usually prefer penso che or credo che.
- Use presumere che + subjunctive for assumptions: Presumo che sia vero. Learners often wrongly use the indicative.
- Presumere di + infinitive often means 'to presume to' and can sound critical: Come osi presumere di sapere tutto?
- past participle presunto