Meaning
to remove
- to remove, take away
- to dismiss, relieve of duty
- to repress (a memory)
In a sentence
Puoi rimuovere questa foto dal telefono?
Can you remove this photo from the phone?
Non riesco a rimuovere quel pensiero dalla testa.
I can't remove that thought from my head.
Il comune ha deciso di rimuovere le vecchie panchine dal parco.
The municipality decided to remove the old benches from the park.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rimuovere | infinitive |
| rimuoviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimuovo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimuovete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuovi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuovono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimuove | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuovevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rimuovevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rimuovevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuovevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuovevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rimuoveva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuovemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rimossi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rimuoveste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuovesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rimossero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rimosse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuoveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rimuoverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rimuoverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuoverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuoveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rimuoverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuoviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimuova | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimuoviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuova | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuovano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimuova | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuovessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rimuovessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rimuoveste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuovessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuovessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rimuovesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuoveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimuoverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimuovereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuoveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuoverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimuoverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimuoviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rimuovete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rimuovi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rimuovendo | gerund |
| rimosso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually means physically or officially removing something: use togliere for everyday 'take off/remove' like glasses, shoes, or a stain.
- Common in formal, technical, medical, and bureaucratic contexts: rimuovere un ostacolo, un file, un tumore, un dirigente.
- As a transitive verb, it normally takes avere in compound tenses: ho rimosso il file, not sono rimosso.
- past participle rimosso