Meaning
to suspend, to interrupt
- to suspend, postpone
- to interrupt, pause
- to hang, suspend
In a sentence
Ho sospeso il quadro sopra il divano.
I hung the picture above the sofa.
Possiamo sospendere la riunione per dieci minuti?
Can we suspend the meeting for ten minutes?
Non sospendere il corso senza avvisare nessuno.
Don't interrupt the course without telling anyone.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sospendere | infinitive |
| sospendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospendete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospendono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospende | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospendevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sospendevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sospendevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sospendevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sospendevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sospendeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sospendemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sospesi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sospendeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sospendesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sospesero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sospese | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sospenderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sospenderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sospenderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sospenderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sospenderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sospenderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sospendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospendano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospendessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sospendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sospendeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sospendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sospendessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sospendesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sospenderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospenderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospenderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospenderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospenderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sospendete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sospendi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sospendendo | gerund |
| sospeso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For hanging objects on walls, appendere is more common; sospendere sounds more formal or technical.
- Very common in formal contexts: sospendere un servizio, un pagamento, un account, una lezione.
- As an intransitive-like passive idea, Italian often uses essere sospeso: Il servizio è sospeso.
- past participle sospeso