Meaning
to protect, to safeguard
- to protect, to safeguard, to defend
In a sentence
La legge deve tutelare i diritti di tutti i lavoratori.
The law must protect the rights of all workers.
Come possiamo tutelare i nostri dati online?
How can we protect our data online?
Dobbiamo fare di più per tutelare l'ambiente.
We must do more to protect the environment.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tutelare | infinitive |
| tuteliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tutelo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tutelate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tuteli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tutela | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tutelavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tutelavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tutelavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tutelavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tutelava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tutelammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tutelai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tutelaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tutelasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tutelò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tuteleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tutelerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tutelerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tutelerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tuteleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tutelerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tuteliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tuteli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tuteliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tuteli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tuteli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tutelassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tutelassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tutelaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tutelassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tutelasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tuteleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tutelerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tutelereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tuteleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tutelerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tuteliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tutelate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tutela | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tutelando | gerund |
| tutelato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and institutional than proteggere; common in legal, political, and administrative contexts.
- Often takes abstract objects: tutelare i diritti, la salute, l'ambiente; less common for physically shielding someone.
- Regular -are verb; usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha tutelato i consumatori.