Meaning
to suspect
- to think, to imagine, to suspect
- to suspect somebody (or something), to get suspicious, to mistrust
In a sentence
Sospetto che lui sappia già tutto.
I suspect that he already knows everything.
La polizia ha iniziato a sospettare del vicino.
The police began to suspect the neighbor.
Non ho sospettato niente fino a ieri.
I didn't suspect anything until yesterday.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sospettare | infinitive |
| sospettiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospetto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospettate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospetti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospettano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospetta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospettavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sospettavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sospettavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sospettavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sospettavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sospettava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sospettammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sospettai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sospettaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sospettasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sospettarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sospettò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sospetteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sospetterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sospetterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sospetterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sospetteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sospetterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sospettiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospettiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospettino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospetti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospettassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sospettassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sospettaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sospettassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sospettassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sospettasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sospetteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospetterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospettereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospetteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospetterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospetterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospettiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sospettate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sospetta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sospettando | gerund |
| sospettato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use sospettare for suspecting a person or fact; for simple doubt, dubitare is often more natural.
- With a clause, Italian often uses che + subjunctive: Sospetto che lui menta.
- For mistrusting someone generally, diffidare di qualcuno is stronger and more specific than sospettare.