Meaning
to exist, hold
- To exist, persist, or remain valid (especially of doubts, conditions, or grounds).
In a sentence
Non sussistono più le condizioni per proseguire la trattativa.
The conditions to continue negotiations no longer exist.
Sussiste ancora qualche dubbio sulla validità del contratto.
Some doubt still exists regarding the validity of the contract.
Quali elementi concreti sussistono a sostegno dell'ipotesi?
What concrete evidence exists to support the hypothesis?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sussistere | infinitive |
| sussisto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sussisti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sussiste | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sussistiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sussistete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sussistono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sussistevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sussistevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sussisteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sussistevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sussistevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sussistevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sussistei | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sussistesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sussisté | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sussistemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sussisteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sussisterono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sussisterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sussisterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sussisterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sussisteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sussisterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sussisteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sussista | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sussista | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sussista | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sussistiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sussistiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sussistano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sussistessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sussistessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sussistesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sussistessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sussisteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sussistessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sussisterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sussisteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sussisterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sussisteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sussistereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sussisterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sussisti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sussistiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sussistete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sussistendo | gerund |
| sussistito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: common in legal, administrative, and academic registers.
- Takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses ('è sussistito'). Defective in past remote forms in common usage.
- past participle sussistito