Meaning
to take off, take away
- to take off, remove
- to take out
In a sentence
Puoi togliere la giacca? Fa molto caldo qui.
Can you take off your jacket? It's very hot here.
Ho tolto le chiavi dalla borsa stamattina.
I took the keys out of the bag this morning.
Non togliere il mio nome dalla lista.
Don't remove my name from the list.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| togliere | infinitive |
| togliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tolgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| togliete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| togli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tolgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| toglie | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| toglievamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| toglievo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| toglievate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| toglievi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| toglievano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| toglieva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| togliemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tolsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| toglieste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| togliesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tolsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tolse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| toglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| toglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| toglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| toglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| toglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| toglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| togliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| togliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tolgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| togliessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| togliessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| toglieste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| togliessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| togliessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| togliesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| toglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| toglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| togliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| toglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| toglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| toglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| togliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| togliete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| togli | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| togliendo | gerund |
| tolto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'togliere' for physically removing something (e.g., clothes, objects). For abstract removal (e.g., doubts), prefer 'eliminare' or 'scacciare'.
- Common mistake: Forgetting the auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses (e.g., 'ho tolto', not 'sono tolto').
- In informal speech, 'togliersi' (reflexive) means 'to take off' (clothes). 'Togliere' alone is transitive.
- present: tolgo, togli, toglie, togliamo, togliete, tolgono
- past participle tolto