Meaning
to administer
- to give or apply medicine, a vaccine, or a treatment to a patient
- to distribute or give out tests, questionnaires, or penalties
In a sentence
L'infermiere ha somministrato la terapia prescritta dal medico.
The nurse administered the therapy prescribed by the doctor.
Non dobbiamo somministrare questo farmaco senza previa autorizzazione.
We must not administer this medicine without prior authorization.
A quanti pazienti avete somministrato il nuovo vaccino sperimentale?
To how many patients did you administer the new experimental vaccine?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| somministrare | infinitive |
| somministro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| somministri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| somministra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| somministriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| somministrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| somministrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| somministravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| somministravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| somministrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| somministravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| somministravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| somministravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| somministrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| somministrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| somministrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| somministrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| somministraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| somministrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| somministrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| somministrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| somministrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| somministreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| somministrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| somministreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| somministri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| somministri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| somministri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| somministriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| somministriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| somministrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| somministrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| somministrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| somministrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| somministrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| somministraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| somministrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| somministrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| somministreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| somministrerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| somministreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| somministrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| somministrerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| somministra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| somministriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| somministrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| somministrando | gerund |
| somministrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: widely used in medical, legal, and administrative contexts.
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary in compound tenses.