Meaning
to prolong
- to extend (all senses); to lengthen
- to defer; to delay; to put off
In a sentence
Non voglio prolungare la riunione ancora.
I don't want to prolong the meeting any longer.
Hai prolungato il viaggio di due giorni?
Did you extend the trip by two days?
Possiamo prolungare il pagamento fino a lunedì.
We can delay the payment until Monday.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| prolungare | infinitive |
| prolunghiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| prolungo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| prolungate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prolunghi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prolunga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prolungavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| prolungavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| prolungavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| prolungavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| prolungava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| prolungammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| prolungai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| prolungaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| prolungasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| prolungò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| prolungheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| prolungherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| prolungherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| prolungherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| prolungherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| prolunghiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| prolunghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| prolunghiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prolunghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prolunghino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prolunghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prolungassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| prolungassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| prolungaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| prolungassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| prolungasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| prolungheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| prolungherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| prolunghereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prolungheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prolungherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prolunghiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| prolungate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| prolunga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| prolungando | gerund |
| prolungato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use prolungare for making something last longer: time, stay, treatment. For physical stretching, allungare is often more natural.
- For postponing an event, rinviare or rimandare is usually more common than prolungare, which suggests extending the interval before it ends.
- It is a regular transitive verb, so it takes avere in compound tenses: ho prolungato la riunione.