Meaning
submit to, undergo
- To submit to or comply with an authority, rule, or obligation.
- To undergo or be subject to a condition, test, or restriction.
In a sentence
Tutti i membri dell'associazione devono sottostare al regolamento interno.
All association members must submit to the internal regulations.
Il candidato ha dovuto sottostare a una serie di severi controlli.
The candidate had to undergo a series of strict checks.
Non intendo sottostare a queste ingiuste imposizioni.
I do not intend to submit to these unfair impositions.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sottostare | infinitive |
| sottostò | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sottostai | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostà | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sottostate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostanno | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sottostavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sottostavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostetti | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sottostesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostette | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sottosteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostettero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostarò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sottostarai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostarà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostaremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sottostarete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostaranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostia | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sottostia | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostia | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sottostiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostiano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sottostessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sottosteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostarei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sottostaresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostarebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sottostaremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sottostareste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostarebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sottostà | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sottostiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sottostate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sottostando | gerund |
| sottostato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: used primarily in formal, legal, and academic contexts.
- Takes the preposition 'a' ('sottostare a qualcosa') and auxiliary 'essere' in compound tenses.
- Conjugated like 'stare'.
- present: sottostò, sottostai, sottostà, sottostiamo, sottostate, sottostanno